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coloristic

coloristic adjective: of, pertaining to, or focused on coloring or an enhanced use of colour.

Adjective

coloristic (not comparable)

  1. Of, 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

Forms of coloristic

alternative formcolouristic

Origin of coloristic

From color + -istic.

Words formed from coloristic

Questions about coloristic

What does coloristic mean?
Coloristic means of, pertaining to, or focused on coloring or an enhanced use of colour.
What part of speech is coloristic?
Coloristic is an adjective.

Words near coloristic in the dictionary

  1. colorises
  2. colorising
  3. colorism
  4. colorisms
  5. colorist
  6. coloristic
  7. coloristical
  8. coloristically
  9. colorists
  10. colorization
  11. colorizations

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