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title: "Colorize"
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description: "This Node can be used to replace colors, for example by transferring their brightness to a gradient whose colors can also be defined. This function …"
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# Colorize

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This Node replaces colors according to their color portions or brightness with individual colors from a gradient. Colored textures can also be converted to grayscales.

This Node can be used to replace colors, for example by transferring their brightness to a gradient whose colors can also be defined. This function reflects in large part that of the Material System's [Colorizer shader](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/html/XSLACOLORIZER.html.md).