colorist

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noun

col·or·ist ˈkə-lə-rist

-lər-ist

plural colorists

: one that colors or deals with color

colorist

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adjective

: 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

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Noun

Read on for the best winter hair colors for 2024, and get ready to screenshot to show your colorist. —

Bella Cacciatore, Glamour, 22 Oct. 2024 The juried awards–which recognize colorists in film, TV and other media–will be presented Nov. 17 during Camerimage in Toruń, Poland. —

Carolyn Giardina, Variety, 17 Oct. 2024

Adjective

Back in 2021, a video surfaced of her and Too $hort chatting on Instagram Live, which led to him apologizing for his seemingly colorist stance. —

Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 30 Sep. 2024 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 See all Example Sentences for colorist