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TRiG (Ireland) A dog, so bade in office Started conversation Dec 16, 2004
When a Latin suffix is added to a word endin in -our the u is dropped. (-our is French; -or is Latin.)
So 'colorist' is good British English.
(What does a colorist do? Anyone?)
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