colourist
/ˈkʌlərɪst
/(US colorist)
noun
1An artist or designer who uses colour in a special or skilful way.I showed them examples of artists known as colorists, Paul Gauguin and Franz Marc, so they could see how one might choose to manipulate the viewer's eye....
- She too was a pupil of Matisse and is regarded as one of the finest colourists among Swedish artists of her generation.
- But he drew greater inspiration from studying the old masters in the Louvre, in particular such colourists as Rubens and Veronese.
1.1A person who tints black-and-white films.Many studios employed colorists to tint the images....
- These are extreme examples of the magical effect colourists can have on film.
- Korshev looked at film close-ups and, with a colorist's eye for khakis and ochres, painted a soldier who has lost an eye but stares unblinkingly at the viewer.
1.2A hairdresser who specializes in dyeing people’s hair.Most salons that style men's hair also offer a colorist....
- Schedule a consultation with a colorist to make your hair radiate.
- I wouldn't even know what kind of salon or barber to go to for starters; it would seem weird to go to the same hair colorist as my girlfriend.