A person who applies paint or colour to something; a commercial painter, esp. a person who colours maps, prints, etc. Now chiefly historical.

A painter considered in terms of his or her use of colour; spec. a painter skilled in the use of colour. Frequently with modifying adjective.

A person employed to work with paint or colour; esp. a commercial painter or colourer. Now rare.

One who or that which tints; now esp. an artist or painter skilful in tinting.

A person who applies coloured paint to a statue or other work of art; a colourist. Also: a person who advocates this.

one who holds a theory of four colours; cf. polychromist, n.

An artist skilled in giving the proper tone to pictures.

One skilled in tinting, a tinter; one who prefers tinting to colouring.