colorist
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- noun A painter skilled in achieving special effects with color.
- noun A hairdresser who specializes in dyeing hair.
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- But, if Landi is a colorist, then are Titian and Veronese never more to be admired. — Letters and Journals 01
- Unlike the colorist, he who expresses his thought in form is secure as man can be against the ravages of time. ' — Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli
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A child revels in strong chromas, but the mark of a colorist is ability to employ low chroma without impoverishing the color effect.
— A Color Notation A measured color system, based on the three qualities Hue, Value and Chroma - I am just another hunter of Ghost Cat. — Owlsight
- "For a colorist." — Body Wave
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- from Latin calor, heat, + -ist.
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/ (kŭlˈər-ĭst)/
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