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And Gonzalo Duarte, as our colorist, perfectly controls the mood with his color choices.
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The Invisible Artists Behind Your Favorite Comics—Asher Elbein explores the world of colorists and letterers, who bring a silent medium to life.
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Eva Scrivo — Steve does my cut and my colorist is Mira.
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The talented stylists and colorists turned every idea into an Insta-worthy reality, from platinum pixies to acid-green manes.
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Instead, bring in a bunch of inspiration photos, let your colorist check them out and have them decide which techniques to do to achieve that color.
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Colorists pull sections of their clients' hair through the holes, bleach them, then pull the entire cap off for the grand reveal.
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As a colorist, I am often excluded from press and promotion, so it's been great to be included in everything.
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Over the past few years, colorists have gone to extreme lengths to create the sparkling babylights of childhood summer's past with balayage.
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First Known Use of colorist
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COLORIST Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of colorist for English Language Learners
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: a painter who uses color in interesting and effective ways
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: a person who dyes people's hair
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