colorist

[ kuhl-er-ist ]

/ ˈkʌl ər ɪst /

a person who uses color skillfully.

a painter who emphasizes color relationships in a work of art.

a person who colors photographs.

a hairdresser who is skilled in coloring or tinting hair.

a musical performer or composer who is skilled in bringing musical color.

Origin of colorist

1680–90; color + -ist; compare French coloriste

col·or·is·tic, adjective col·or·is·ti·cal·ly, adverb

His mother, Cristiane, a colorist at a hair salon, was just 15.

Madonna's Boyfriend, Lucky Star |Dom Phillips |March 15, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
Well, the reason of that is that Rubens is not par excellence a colorist; nay, is not even a good colorist.

Lectures on Landscape |John Ruskin
There never yet was colorist who could not draw; but faculty of perceiving form may exist alone.

Modern Painters, Volume V (of 5) |John Ruskin
A good architect is both builder and colorist, and should be a good man besides, according to the ancient authorities.

Concord Days |A. Bronson Alcott

As a colorist and a manipulator of paint, he places him with Sebastiano del Piombo—that is, among the mediocrities.

Artist and Public |Kenyon Cox
Whatever Bartlemy might prove as a colorist, he unmistakably could draw.

The Little Grey House |Marion Ames Taggart