Verb: melanize
- Convert into, or infiltrate with melanin
"UV exposure can melanize skin cells";
- melanise [Brit]
- Make or become black
"The smoke melanized the ceiling";
- blacken, melanise [Brit], black, nigrify [archaic]
Derived forms: melanized, melanizes, melanizing
Type of: color [US], colour [Brit, Cdn], convert, discolor [US], discolour [Brit, Cdn]
Antonym: white