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to colorcast

6.9

To show a television program in color rather than black and white

verb
/ˈkʌlərˌkæst/

Archaic

: transmitir en color

The network began to colorcast its evening news in the late 1960s.

Examples

The network will colorcast the new series starting next week.
They plan to colorcast the entire cycle of shows, upgrading the production value.
After decades of black-and-white television, people were excited to see their favorite programs colorcast for the first time.
Did you see that they colorcasted the final episode?
After decades of black-and-white television, people were excited to see their favorite programs colorcast for the first time.
The network began to colorcast its evening news in the late 1960s.
They plan to colorcast the entire cycle of shows, upgrading the production value.

Surface Forms

colorcast infinitive

colorcasted past

colorcasted past participle

colorcasting present participle

colorcasts third person singular

Morphology

colorcast = color + cast (transparent) = color + cast

The meaning 'broadcast in color' is directly and predictably built from 'color' + 'cast' in the same way as 'telecast' or 'newscast'.

Etymology

The word colorcast is made from color and cast, like in broadcast. Think of 'casting' as 'sending out' color to the screen, so to colorcast a show is to send it in 'color' rather than black and white.