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Oil also allowed passages of bravura brushwork that often dissolved forms in a freewheeling, coloristic haze.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Nurse Bagli, 27, told the court that Mr Knight had been admitted to Accident and Emergency for "coloristic chest pain and seizures."

From BBC • Aug. 9, 2022

Typically, animated films jump from the screen right at you, like they’re trying to give you a big coloristic hug to pull you in, but everything here is slightly washed out.

From Salon • Jul. 7, 2018

And when Mr. Dutoit is in his element, in music that demands coloristic breadth, precision and high voltage, the orchestra can be hard to match.

From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2011

He nevertheless stands at the head of the coloristic tradition that descends through Rubens and Van Gogh to the Abstract Expressionists of the twentieth century.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson