colorist

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1. One who colors; an artist with a talent for coloring.

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   Political colorists can be promiscuous in calling states purple, but my state is true to that hue. I speak of North Carolina, and I have receipts: While our junior senator, Ted Budd, is a Republican who won election to a first term in 2022 by about three percentage points, our governor, Roy Cooper, is a Democrat who won election to a second term in 2020 by more than four.

   2023 May 4, Frank Bruni, “Republicans Are Running Wild in My State”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 25 Aug 2023

2. A hairdresser who is a specialist in coloring and tinting hair.
3. broadlyOne who believes in or subscribes to colorism.