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Artist vs Colourist - What's the difference?

artist | colourist |

As nouns the difference between artist and colourist

is that artist is one who performs extraordinary physical tricks, such as on a trapeze while colourist is one who colours; an artist with a talent for colouring.

artist

English

Noun

  • A person who creates art.
  • A person who creates art as an occupation.
  • A person who is skilled at some activity.

    • Derived terms

    * artistdom * artistic * artistically * artistry * con artist * escape artist * pickup artist * piss-artist * quick-change artist

    See also

    * animator * artisan * drawer * sculptor

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (archaic) Artistic.
  • *, vol.1, ch.24:
    • Nature, to shew that nothing is savage in whatsoever she produceth, causeth oftentimes, even in rudest and most unarted nations, productions of spirits to arise, that confront and wrestle with the most artist productions.

    Anagrams

    * * * English words suffixed with -ist ----

    colourist

    English

    Alternative forms

    * colorist (US )

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who colours; an artist with a talent for colouring
  • A hairdresser who is a specialist in colouring and tinting hair.