: prejudiced against people with dark skin
specifically
: showing favor to light-skinned people over those with darker skin within a racial or ethnic group
Over the weekend, Khloé Kardashian faced a particularly vicious bout of cyberbullying that might be among the most inappropriate yet, since commenters began leaving racist and colorist comments about her five-month-old daughter, True Thompson. —
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Recent Examples on the WebEd Meza, Variety, 2 Nov. 2023
This week, the museum also opened new exhibits about artist Colleen Doran and comic book colorist Steve Oliff.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Oct. 2023
Panettiere shared her watermelon-esque hair with Instagram fans on September 18 while thanking Los Angeles colorist Erick Orellana for the dye job.
—Gabi Thorne, Allure, 19 Sep. 2023
Spring 2024 Hair Colors Taupe Brunette Justin Anderson, celebrity colorist and dpHUE co-founder, is loving this ashy-toned take on all the brunette trends that have emerged lately.
—Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 20 Mar. 2024
Created by celebrity colorist Matt Rez, honeyed ribbon highlights like these are very popular right now–just see Rihanna, who also recently swapped her raven colour for a similar tone.
—Hannah Coates, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2024
Kendall McElveen is a master colorist and owner of Kendall + Kendall Hair Color Studio in Winter Park, Florida.
—Maddy Zollo Rusbosin, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2024
Tracey Cunningham is the celebrity colorist behind many A-list hair transformations.
—Hannah Coates, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2024
The actor has revealed her new bleach blonde pixie, courtesy of colorist and Redken ambassador Tracey Cunningham and stylist Bridget Brager, exclusively to Vogue.
—Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 4 Mar. 2024
Brittany Talarico, Peoplemag, 11 Jan. 2024
Theron’s inner circle includes hairstylist Adir Abergel and colorist Tracey Cunningham, makeup artist Kate Lee and nail expert Tom Bachik, all of whom were in attendance at the event which hosted a veritable who’s who of the town’s top image makers.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Oct. 2023
South Asians, willingly or not, are part of a highly hierarchical, casteist, and colorist society with vastly varied incomes.
—Urvashi Pathania, refinery29.com, 20 Sep. 2023
Stylez got inspiration from wig maker Alfred Lewis and colorist Calla Kash for this innovative look, which Cardi B revealed to Instagram fans on June 9.
—Gabi Thorne, Allure, 13 June 2023
And at Ott’s Suite Caroline salon in Manhattan, colorist Aura Friedman is noticing it too.
—Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue, 29 Mar. 2023
The biggest winner of the night was A Soldier’s Play, the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1981 drama written by Charles Fuller that uses the backdrop of segregation in the military during World War II to examine socioeconomic and colorist lines of division Black people often draw amongst ourselves.
—Rivea Ruff, Essence, 27 Sep. 2021
However, some dynamics can’t be faked, and on Bravo’s popular series The Real Housewives of Potomac, the troubling recurrence of colorist behavior from some of its cast members is anything but scripted.
—Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 27 Feb. 2023
Plus, the art, so boldly tinted by colorist Cris Peters, is eye-popping.
—Michael Cavna, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2022
Noun
The film was color-graded at Goldcrest London by colorist Adam Glassman and supervised by Curtis, who worked together to create the first HDR version of the film in Dolby Vision.
—Ed Meza, Variety, 2 Nov. 2023
This week, the museum also opened new exhibits about artist Colleen Doran and comic book colorist Steve Oliff.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Oct. 2023
Panettiere shared her watermelon-esque hair with Instagram fans on September 18 while thanking Los Angeles colorist Erick Orellana for the dye job.
—Gabi Thorne, Allure, 19 Sep. 2023
Spring 2024 Hair Colors Taupe Brunette Justin Anderson, celebrity colorist and dpHUE co-founder, is loving this ashy-toned take on all the brunette trends that have emerged lately.
—Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 20 Mar. 2024
Created by celebrity colorist Matt Rez, honeyed ribbon highlights like these are very popular right now–just see Rihanna, who also recently swapped her raven colour for a similar tone.
—Hannah Coates, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2024
Kendall McElveen is a master colorist and owner of Kendall + Kendall Hair Color Studio in Winter Park, Florida.
—Maddy Zollo Rusbosin, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2024
Tracey Cunningham is the celebrity colorist behind many A-list hair transformations.
—Hannah Coates, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2024
The actor has revealed her new bleach blonde pixie, courtesy of colorist and Redken ambassador Tracey Cunningham and stylist Bridget Brager, exclusively to Vogue.
—Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 4 Mar. 2024
Adjective
The 'Daisy Jones and the Six' star is maintaining her new hue throughout awards season with the help of colorist Tracey Cunningham (and a lot of Olaplex!)
Riley Keough can't help falling in love with being a brunette.
—Brittany Talarico, Peoplemag, 11 Jan. 2024
Theron’s inner circle includes hairstylist Adir Abergel and colorist Tracey Cunningham, makeup artist Kate Lee and nail expert Tom Bachik, all of whom were in attendance at the event which hosted a veritable who’s who of the town’s top image makers.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Oct. 2023
South Asians, willingly or not, are part of a highly hierarchical, casteist, and colorist society with vastly varied incomes.
—Urvashi Pathania, refinery29.com, 20 Sep. 2023
Stylez got inspiration from wig maker Alfred Lewis and colorist Calla Kash for this innovative look, which Cardi B revealed to Instagram fans on June 9.
—Gabi Thorne, Allure, 13 June 2023
And at Ott’s Suite Caroline salon in Manhattan, colorist Aura Friedman is noticing it too.
—Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue, 29 Mar. 2023
The biggest winner of the night was A Soldier’s Play, the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1981 drama written by Charles Fuller that uses the backdrop of segregation in the military during World War II to examine socioeconomic and colorist lines of division Black people often draw amongst ourselves.
—Rivea Ruff, Essence, 27 Sep. 2021
However, some dynamics can’t be faked, and on Bravo’s popular series The Real Housewives of Potomac, the troubling recurrence of colorist behavior from some of its cast members is anything but scripted.
—Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 27 Feb. 2023
Plus, the art, so boldly tinted by colorist Cris Peters, is eye-popping.
—Michael Cavna, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2022
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