colorer

One adding pigment

One who colors—applies color to something.

A colorer might work with paints, dyes, or digital tools: The colorers in the animation studio spent hours on each frame.

The word is uncommon; colorist is the usual term for professionals who work with color in film, comics, or hair.

agent

artist

Maker of creative works

colorist · tinter · decorator · designer · stainer · enhancer · stylist · craftsperson

process

tinting

Applying light color

colorization · shading · toning · saturation · gradation · glazing · underpainting · washing · blending

digital

colorization

Adding hues to grayscale

saturation · layer · filter · adjustment · recoloring · tinting · enhancement

materials

pigments

Color-giving compounds

  • dyesPigments for staining materials
  • inksPigmented writing liquids
  • paintsColored surface liquids

stains · tints · washes · watercolors · acrylics · oils · gouache · tempera · pastels · markers

Opposites
adding vs. removing color

colorerbleacher

Uncovered stadium seating

decolorizer · whitener · color remover · decolorant · eraser

chromatic vs. achromatic treatment

colorerneutralizer

Agent that cancels effects

grayer · muter

adding vs preserving original state

colorerpreserver

One that maintains or saves

restorer · cleaner · purifier

Phrases
Family

color, colors, colorful, colored, coloring, colorless, discolor, coloration, discoloration

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