colorisht, colourisht (kulorish)

t. [ Would truth dispense, we could be content, with Plato, that knowledge were but remembrance, that intellectual acquisition were but reminiscential evocation, and new impre ions but the colour is hing of old stamps which stood pale in the soul before. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., To the Reader. colorist, colourist (kul'or-ist), n. [F. color iste (> D. Dan. kolorist = G. colorist ) = Sp. Pg. It.colorist a , colorist a , L.color , color: see color, n., and -ist .] One who colors; a painter; especially, when used absolutely, a painter whose works are notable for beauty of color. The great colourists of former times. Malone , Sir J. Reynolds. color-lake (kul'or-lāk), n. See lake. The beautiful red combination of alizarin with alumina is generally known as a colour - lake and not as a colouring matter proper. Benedikt , Coal-tar Colours (trans.), p. 26. colorle , colourle (kul'or-les), a. [ Light reflected merely from the outer surface of bodies is in general colourle . Spottiswoode , Polarisation, p. 15. colorle ne , colourle ne (kul'or-les-nes), The state or condition of being without color or distinctive hue. n. or color-sensations. The several rays do not suffer any change in their col orific qualities. Sir I. Newton, Opticks. The refrangibility of calorific rays cannot extend much beyond that of colorific light. W. Herschel, quoted in Smithsonian Rep., 1880, p. 568.