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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorGSyren
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I just bought the BD of George Méliès' A Trip to the Moon.
It is currently listed as Color. But it is actually shot in b/w and hand colored. There is no color alternative that really fits that, but my thinking is that Colorized is the one that comes closest.

Thoughts?
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Confusing at best.

I guess one would have to determine what the original intent was of the filmmakers was back then.
Did they want it in B&W and the colorization was done later?
Did they colorize it because color film didin't exist or was too expensive back then, and they wanted it to be in color?
Did they find documentation years later that the filmmakers intended it to be in color originally?

I think that if it was always the intent of the filmmakers for the film to be in color (regardless of how or when that was achieved) that Color would fit.

If it was done just to colorize it, then Colorized would fit. Like how Turner went on a colorization craze back in the 1990's.

Just to make it even more confusing I found this on Wikipedia
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"Méliès sold black-and-white and color prints of the film through his Star Film Company"
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So what now?

Going back, perhaps Colorized would be the best choice since on it's original release it was released in both B&W and in Color.

I don't know, it's just so confusing.
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my thinking is that Colorized is the one that comes closest.

I'd agree with that.
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I would assign colorized for everything, which was shot in B/W but is presented with any kind of colors.

I would not distinguish based on technique or intention - this would heighten the complexity to an unbearable level.
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I would assign colorized for everything, which was shot in B/W but is presented with any kind of colors.

That would include Technicolor features, which were shot on B&W film.  I couldn't agree with this suggestion.

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What about film that was shot in color but made b&w in post? 
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I would assign colorized for everything, which was shot in B/W but is presented with any kind of colors.

That would include Technicolor features, which were shot on B&W film.  I couldn't agree with this suggestion.

Yes, my definition was not precisely enough. I forgot, that back then in the early times, full color was not available in a single step process...
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What about film that was shot in color but made b&w in post? 

Decolorized 
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I just bought the BD of George Méliès' A Trip to the Moon.
It is currently listed as Color. But it is actually shot in b/w and hand colored. There is no color alternative that really fits that, but my thinking is that Colorized is the one that comes closest.

Thoughts?

If you read the rules, colorized is what it is.
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Does the BD also have the b&w version on the disc?  If so, the answer is Mixed.  If it only has the hand-colored version, per the rules that is Colorized.
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Does the BD also have the b&w version on the disc?  If so, the answer is Mixed.  If it only has the hand-colored version, per the rules that is Colorized.

Only as a special feature.

Edit: Wouldn't that be Multiple rather than Mixed?
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Edit: Wouldn't that be Multiple rather than Mixed?

Indeed.
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