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colorist

colorist

3 3.8
A person who adds paint to pictures or dye to hair
  • noun
  • /ˈkʌlərɪst/
  • US
translation icon : colorista
  • Try to tell that to my colorist who's life mission is to keep these grays hidden.
  • hair colorist
  • celebrity colorist
  • master colorist

And then Tracy Cunningham, who's a celebrity colorist, told me that rejection is God's protection, which I think is so smart.

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Examples

  • As a skilled colorist, he specializes in creating vibrant hues for comic book characters.

  • Kirk and colorist Brian Reber give us a vibrant page full of action.

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  • I ink it, and I'm also the colorist.

  • So please welcome the woman behind the makeover you're about to witness and the best colorist in the industry.

  • David's new book, created in collaboration with writer and colorist Frank Young, is The Carter Family: Don't Forget This Song.

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  • Most of the guys there were illustrators, but there were a few writers, colorists, and editors in attendance.

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  • And we have Jess here who is a freelance amazing, amazing hair stylist, colourist extraordinaire.

  • Tracey Cunningham, Celebrity Colorist and Redken Creative Consultant for Color, shares the most requested color for Fall/Winter, then explains how to achieve these trends to make sure your clients are wearing the hottest looks of the season.

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  • Some of the very best colorists, pencilers, and inkers were all working under one roof for Top Cow and WildStorm, everyone inspired by the idea of creating new franchises with new characters and owning the copyright.

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  • New Orleans-born local colorist Alice Dunbar-Nelson also wrote about Zabet, the "Praline Woman," who also appears in Grace King's New Orleans: The Place and the People (1895).

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Synonyms

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vscolorist
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A person, often a hairdresser, who changes the color of hair

covers artwork, comics, and hair rather than only hair

How Skilled

colorist
  • US
1 6.3
colorist
  • US
3 3.8

Surface Forms

colorist singular
colorists plural
colourists plural
colourist singular

Morphology

colorist = color (transparent) = color + ist

Clear agentive derivation indicating a person who adds or works with color in artwork or hair.

Etymology

Colorist comes from color 'colour' and the ending -ist 'one who does'. A colorist is someone who adds colour to drawings, comics, or hair, bringing black-and-white work to life.