colorista

Catalan

Etymology

From color +‎ -ista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [ku.luˈɾis.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ko.luˈɾis.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ko.loˈɾis.ta]

Noun

colorista m or f by sense (plural coloristes)

1. (art) colorist

Related terms

• colorisme

Further reading

• “colorista”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

Italian

Etymology

From colore +‎ -ista.

Noun

colorista m or f by sense (masculine plural coloristi, feminine plural coloriste)

1. (art) colourist/colorist

Related terms

• colorismo

Further reading

• “colorista”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• acrostoli, colorasti, ortoclasi, riascolto, riascoltò, scolorati, scolorita

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.loˈɾis.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.loˈɾis.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ko.loˈɾiʃ.tɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.luˈɾiʃ.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: co‧lo‧ris‧ta

Noun

colorista m (plural coloristas)

1. colorist/colourist

Further reading

• “colorista”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “colorista”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *-ōs

Proto-Indo-European *ḱélōs

Proto-Italic *kelōs

Old Latin colōs

Latin colōr

Old Spanish color

Spanish color

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istalbor.

Spanish -ista

Spanish colorista

From color + -ista.

Noun

colorista m or f by sense (plural coloristas)

1. colourist

Related terms

• colorismo

Further reading

• “colorista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025