recolor

English

Alternative forms

• recolour

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-der.

Old French re-bor.

Middle English re-

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *-ōs

Proto-Indo-European *ḱélōs

Proto-Italic *kelōs

Old Latin colōs

Latin color

Old French color

Anglo-Norman colurbor.

Middle English colour

English color

English recolor

From re- + color.

Verb

recolor (third-person singular simple present recolors, present participle recoloring, simple past and past participle recolored)

1. To color again or differently.

Derived terms

• recolorable

Noun

recolor (plural recolors)

1. The process of changing the color or something.
2. An object that has had its color changed.
   • 2010, J. Gee, Elisabeth R. Hayes, Women and Gaming: The Sims and 21st Century Learning, page 88:

     She elaborates further: "It has given me great satisfaction and fulfillment that people like my recolors. These feelings make my days less lonely and boring, even if it is only from a recolor of an object in a computer simulation game. […]

Anagrams

• colorer, corrole, crooler

Latin

Verb

recolor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of recolō