Recolouring

Part of speech: noun, verb

Definitions

1. The process of changing or altering the color of something; the act of applying a new color or shade; modifying the hue of an object or image
2. Altering the original coloration by adding or substituting colors; the procedure of adjusting or correcting colors; transforming the visual colors of a surface or item
3. The act of repainting or adjusting tones and pigments; changing the visual appearance by replacing one color with another; revising the color scheme of an image or material

Etymology: "Recolouring" is the present participle and gerund of "recolour", which is simply the prefix "re-" attached to "colour". The prefix comes from Latin "re-", meaning "again" or "back", and it reached English through Old French, while "colour" has its own longer path through Latin and French. Since "recolour" is built from two parts that were already in English, the word needs no special origin story. Its meaning follows directly from the parts: to colour something again, or to give it a new colour. The "-ing" ending simply turns the verb into the participle and gerund, so "recolouring" works as either a verb form or a noun describing the act of doing this.

Synonyms: recoloring, repainting, redyeing, restaining

Antonyms: fading, bleaching