Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A painter skilled in achieving special effects with color.
- noun A hairdresser who specializes in dyeing hair.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who colors; a painter; especially, when used absolutely, a painter whose works are notable for beauty of color.
- noun One of those who upheld the theory that the sensation and phenomena of heat are attributable to a fluid called caloric.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who colors; an artist who excels in the use of colors; one to whom coloring is of prime importance.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
colors ; anartist with atalent forcoloring - noun A
hairdresser who is a specialist in colouring and tinting hair.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a painter able to achieve special effects with color
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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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.
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Even though the colorist is a lot more expensive, if you're at least breaking even, it's a more cost-effective way to work.
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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,
EclipseMagazine 2009
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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.
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(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 Motley Vision 2008
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(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 Motley Vision 2008
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(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 Motley Vision 2008
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(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 Motley Vision 2008
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I'm not a good colorist and still pretty new to it.
Jane Harris: Home-Work: Photographer David Armstrong Talks About His Latest Monograph, 615 Jefferson Avenue Jane Harris 2011
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I'm not a good colorist and still pretty new to it.
Jane Harris: Home-Work: Photographer David Armstrong Talks About His Latest Monograph, 615 Jefferson Avenue Jane Harris 2011
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