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colourist

British  
/ ˈkʌlərɪst /

noun

  1. a person who uses colour, esp an artist

  2. a person who colours photographs, esp black-and-white ones

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Several people I spoke to after the screening enjoyed the movie with Jan, a film colourist from Warsaw calling it "a classic western".

From BBC Nov. 20, 2024

The former hair colourist outlined her recollections of the alleged attack, which began after a Christmas night out with work colleagues on 8 December 2018.

From BBC Nov. 6, 2024

One of his first independent works was an oil canvas painting in the style of Peploe, a Scottish colourist whose paintings commanded high prices at the time.

From The Guardian May 27, 2017

"The machine had become a world-class colourist - it was much more adventurous in terms of colour than I was," he told the BBC.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2015

Perhaps this is the moment, in the presence of these pictures, to emphasize Bastien-Lepage's great value as a colourist.

From Bastien Lepage by Crastre, Fr.

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