  We study the mechanism and probability of in-medium hadronization in the
deconfined medium produced in heavy-ion collisions at RHIC and LHC. We show the
likelihood of color-neutral objects to be formed inside the partonic fireball
and the probability of these states to escape the medium with reduced
interaction strength and energy loss. We will suggest specific measurements
that are sensitive to the early degrees of freedom and show predictions for
these measurements at RHIC and the LHC
