Editing Colorist (section)

== History ==
Originally, comics were colored by cutting out films of various densities in the appropriate shapes to be used in producing [[color separation|color-separated]] printing plates. The typical colorist worked from photocopies of the inked pages, which they colored with special dyes. [[Dr. Martin's Dyes]] was a brand notable in this field within the comic strip industry.<ref name="color guides" /> [[CMYK]] codes were written on the page to indicate the final printed colors, and these hand-colored pages were used as guides by the engraver.<ref>"Bullpen Bulletins", ''Marvel Two-in-One'' #52 (Marvel Comics, June 1979).</ref> [[Tatjana Wood]] was the main colorist for [[DC Comics]]' covers from 1973 through the mid-1980s.<ref>{{cite book|author-link= Paul Levitz|last=Levitz|first= Paul|title= 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking|publisher= [[Taschen|Taschen America]] |year=2010| isbn= 978-3-8365-1981-6|page= 524 |quote= Virtually all DC covers from 1973 through the end of the Bronze Age were colored by Tatjana Wood.}}</ref>

More recently, colorists have worked in transparent media such as watercolors or airbrush, which is then photographed, allowing more subtle and painterly effects.