colorist

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  1. noun A painter skilled in achieving special effects with color.
  2. 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
  • 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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  1. from Latin calor, heat, + -ist.

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/ (kŭlˈər-ĭst)/
ahd pronounces "colorist"
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