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You said it goes to both the colorer and the letterer at the same time.
From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2017
The artist who thus covers the globe, called a paster, is also a colorer.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. by Various
It is curious to observe the colorer working without a pattern.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. by Various
Contemplative, or not, the colorer steadily pursues his uniform labor, and the sphere is at length fully colored.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. by Various
But he had his grand battle-piece on hand then,—and after that he went the way of all geniuses, and died down into colorer for a photographer.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861 by Various
