colourist

/ (ˈkʌlərɪst) /

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noun

a person who uses colour, esp an artist

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

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Derived forms of colourist

colouristic, adjective

Words nearby colourist

colour filter, colourful, colour guard, colour index, colouring, colourist, colourize, colourless, colour line, colourman, colour phase

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How to use colourist in a sentence

Humble life and animals were depicted by Morland, who was true to nature and a fine colourist.
The Political History of England - Vol. X.|William Hunt
Gros became the great colourist of the Classical school, the singer of the Napoleonic epos.
The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4)|Richard Muther
From the glimpses we have of its nature and laws, we may hope for fresh inspiration for the art of the colourist.
Needlework As Art|Marian Alford
He was born near Bergamo, and many works by this fine colourist are in the galleries of that town.
A Popular Handbook to the National Gallery, Volume I, Foreign Schools|Various

As a colourist he was not pre-eminent, and his few panel pictures are for the most part unfinished.
The Book of Art for Young People|Agnes Conway