colourist
Britishnoun
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a person who uses colour, esp an artist
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a person who colours photographs, esp black-and-white ones
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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
"I'm so glad glamour is returning," says Hollywood hair colourist to the stars, Erick Orellana.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2022
Water colourist Robert Newcombe was one of 20 artists invited by the BBC to provide their interpretation of the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant from the Millennium Bridge in London.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2012
Matisse is a great colourist throughout his work but in Jazz, with its flat, even toned colours, Matisse the draftsman and Matisse the colourist find their perfect harmony.
From The Guardian • Mar. 16, 2011
Phillips was more successful as a portrait painter: his likenesses are faithful, his pictures free from faults, and possess a pleasant tone, though as a colourist he does not occupy a high place.
From English Painters with a chapter on American painters by Koehler, S. R.
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