Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A painter skilled in achieving special effects with color.
- n. A hairdresser who specializes in dyeing hair.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One of those who upheld the theory that the sensation and phenomena of heat are attributable to a fluid called caloric.
- n. One who colors; a painter; especially, when used absolutely, a painter whose works are notable for beauty of color.
Wiktionary
- n. One who colors; an artist has a talent for coloring
- n. A hairdresser who is a specialist in colouring and tinting hair.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who colors; an artist who excels in the use of colors; one to whom coloring is of prime importance.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a painter able to achieve special effects with color
Examples
“The importance of accepting that I am an outsider to eighteenth-century society, that no amount of enthusiasm or belated participation will ever make me into an eighteenth-century colorist, is one lesson I have learned from this discipline.”
“And our colorist is the amazing Andrew Dalhouse.”
“MOVIE REVIEW: The Correct Title should be Transformers: Overkill of the Fallen John Higgins is best known as the colorist of the Alan Moore / Dave Gibbons classic graphic novel,”
“That colorist is terrible.”
“When making comic books, the colorist is the only person responsible for the finished product; the contributions of the writer, artist, and letterer don’t count, because they weren’t the last ones to contribute.”
“(If you're not familiar with the highly specialized world of modern superhero comics such as what a 'colorist' does), a nice, brief primer can be found here.)”
“A bold colorist who viewed the American landscape through the kaleidoscopic prism of cubism, Mr. Marin conveyed with identical precision and sympathy the nervous angularity of lower Manhattan ("City Movement," 1940) and the ceaseless turmoil of the waves that break on the coast of Maine ("Outer Sand Island, Maine," 1936).”
The Wall Street Journal: How a Great American Artist Vanished From the Critical Scope
“Paintings such as "Carnival in Acrueil," 1914, acquired early on by the Art Institute of Chicago, represent a distinct advancement in Feininger's already proficient caricature technique while showcasing his abilities as a colorist.”
The Huffington Post: Alexander Adler: Lyonel Feininger: At The Edge of The World
“That time has now come, but my colorist will still be seeing me once a month.”
“She's had it for 13 years and uses the same colorist to get the perfect shade each time.”
The Wall Street Journal: The Serious Business of Pretty Pink Things
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘colorist’.
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Special Effects
Trick lighting, mirrors, and other ways to create illusions.
yellowscreen, sodium vapor process, bluescreen, optical effect, mechanical effect, Schüfftan process, optical printing, matte, chroma keying, traveling matte, greenscreen, glass shot and 16 more...
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Who Are You?
No one ever says, "I want to be a somnambulist when I grow up." But don't let that get in the way of organizing your Wordie lists.
chevalier, somnambulist, sommelier, troubadour, vicar, majordomo, caliph, polyglot, polymath, apprentice, nuyorican, privateer and 107 more...
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marginalia
exuberance, potsherds, earthbound, marcher, märchen, pastiche, transliterated, crocodile, oxbridge, jejune, publican, antithesis and 143 more...
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4 Color World
Comics!
comic, comic book, comic strip, graphic novel, comix, manga, manhua, manhwa, bande dessinée, panel, gutter, writer and 49 more...
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