colorist

noun

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col·or·ist | \ ˈkə-lə-rist

, -lər-ist \

plural colorists

Definition of colorist

(Entry 1 of 2)

: one that colors or deals with color

colorist

adjective

Definition of colorist (Entry 2 of 2)

: 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. — Andrea Park

Examples of colorist in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun High-profile Hollywood colorist Sarah Douglas reports that more of her new clients—about 20%—request copper-red. — Katharine K. Zarrella, WSJ, 18 May 2022 Covid-19 spike last year, that led the designer, an expert colorist, to create a new ready-to-wear collection. — New York Times, 28 Apr. 2022 Celebrities that include Brazilian models Gisele, Adriana Lima, Alessandra Ambrosio and Izabel Goular all seek this master colorist when looking for the show-stopping, glowing complexities of natural highlights and effortless beach waves. — Chelsea Davis, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2022 New York City colorist Olivia Casanova warns that copper is a huge undertaking. — Amina Ayoud, Allure, 23 Mar. 2022 That is until legendary hair stylist Guido Palau and master colorist Davide Avellino got their hands on her, the night before the Valentino show. — Tish Weinstock, Vogue, 27 Jan. 2022 Junior stylists see other stylists' success on social, but not the years of work that came before, says Abby Haliti, a colorist in New York and New Jersey who also does hair-color pop-ups internationally. — Lexy Lebsack, Allure, 22 Apr. 2022 Hauck advises always consulting a colorist or professional before choosing a blue shampoo. — Tamim Alnuweiri, Health.com, 14 Mar. 2022 Karissa Schaudt, a colorist at Chicago’s Maxine Salon, says the pumpkin spice trend includes all shades of red. — Bella Cacciatore, Glamour, 18 Oct. 2021 See More

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