Színez

Színez is a Hungarian verb meaning to color, dye, or colorize. It denotes the act of applying color to a material, surface, or image, thereby changing its appearance. The infinitive form is színezni, and színez serves as the common stem in conjugation. The noun forms include színezés (the act of coloring or colorization) and színező (a coloring device, or a coloring book in certain contexts).

The word is built from the noun szín, color, with the suffix -ez, which is used in Hungarian to form verbs meaning to make or cause to become something. Related terms include színezék (a dye or colorant) and színező (a coloring book or colorizer, depending on context). Színezékes coloring materials are widely used in textiles, cosmetics, food coloring (élelmiszer-színezék), and printing.

Common uses and contexts include art and design, where színez describes applying color to drawings or paintings; photography and film, where színezés refers to colorizing black-and-white images or footage, both historically through manual techniques and today with digital methods; textiles and manufacturing, where színez is used for dyeing fabrics and other materials; and cosmetics, where tinting agents are applied to wounds, lips, or nails.

In Hungarian, színez is distinct from related adjectives such as színes (colored) and nouns like színezet or színezés, which refer to color, shading, and the process of adding color. The term is neutral and covers both artistic coloration and industrial or digital colorization.