colorist
noun
a person who uses color skillfully.
coloristic
-
a word derived from
colorist.
Example Sentences
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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
But his writing here was sharply focused, carefully shaped and attuned to coloristic possibilities of the piano, violin and cello.
From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2010
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
