A person or thing that applies, adds, or changes color; someone who colors or something that produces color.
Agent noun from 'color' with suffix '-er,' indicating one who performs the action of coloring. Used since at least the 16th century.
In medieval manuscripts, 'colorers' were the artisans who came after scribes—while monks carefully wrote illuminated texts, specialized colorers added the gold leaf and vibrant pigments, making some of the most beautiful books in history.
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