color-corrected
|col-or-cor-rect-ed|
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/ˈkʌlɚ kəˈrɛkt/
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/ˈkʌlə kəˈrɛkt/
(color-correct)
make color accurate
Etymology
'color-correct' is a Modern English compound created from 'color' + 'correct'. 'Color' comes from Latin 'color' (via Old French 'colour'), meaning 'appearance or hue'; 'correct' comes from Latin 'corrēctus', the past participle of 'corrigere' meaning 'to make right or set straight.'
'color' entered English through Old French 'colour' and Middle English 'colour'; 'correct' came from Latin 'corrigere' → Late Latin 'correctus' and Old French 'correct' before becoming Middle English 'correct'. The compound 'color-correct' arose in technical and artistic contexts (photography, film, printing, later digital imaging) to describe making colors right.
Initially, 'correct' meant 'make right' and 'color' simply referred to hue or appearance. Over time, the compound came to specifically mean adjusting or fixing color reproduction in visual media; this technical sense broadened with digital imaging but retains the core idea of 'making the color right.'
Meanings by Part of Speech
Verb 1
past tense or past participle form of 'color-correct' — to adjust the colors of an image, video, or display to make them accurate or aesthetically consistent.
They color-corrected the footage before the final edit.
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Adjective 1
having had color adjustments applied; with colors corrected for accuracy or consistency.
The color-corrected photo looked more natural than the original.
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