coloristic

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adjective

Of, pertaining to, or focused on coloring or an enhanced use of colour

OriginEnglish color ← Middle English colour ← Anglo-Norman colur →
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Meanings

adjectivecoloristic (not comparable)

alternative colouristic

  1. not comparableartOf, pertaining to, or focused on coloring or an enhanced use of colour

    Christian Tetzlaff […] played the work with exquisite control and coloristic fluidity.

    2007 March 17, Allan Kozinn, “Muscular Approach Accented With a Ghostly Whisper”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱel-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱélōs
  3. Proto-Italic*kelōs
  4. Old Latincolōs
  5. Latincolor
  6. Old Frenchcolor
  7. Anglo-Normancolur
  8. Middle Englishcolour
  9. Englishcolor
  10. Englishcoloristic

From color + -istic.

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Cite this entry
APA

coloristic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coloristic

MLA

“coloristic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coloristic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coloristic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coloristic.

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