tint

[tint]

A tint is a shade or type of color. You might describe ocean water during a storm as having tints of green and gray.

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A slight coloring.

Noun
a quality of a given color that differs slightly from a primary color; "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted"

Verb
dye with a color


n.
A slight coloring.

n.
A pale or faint tinge of any color.

n.
A color considered with reference to other very similar colors; as, red and blue are different colors, but two shades of scarlet are different tints.

n.
A shaded effect produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.

v. t.
To give a slight coloring to; to tinge.


Tint

Tint , n. [For older tinct, fr. L. tinctus, p.p. of tingere to dye: cf. F. teinte, teint, It. tinta, tinto. See Tinge, and cf. Taint to stain, a stain, Tent a kind of wine, Tinto.] A slight coloring. Specifically: -- (a) A pale or faint tinge of any color.
Or blend in beauteous tints the colored mass.
Their vigor sickens, and their tints decline.
(b) A color considered with reference to other very similar colors; as, red and blue are different colors, but two shades of scarlet are different tints. (c) (Engraving) A shaded effect produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines. Tint tool (Eng.), a species of graver used for cutting the parallel lines which produce tints in engraving.

Tint

Tint, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tinted; p. pr. & vb. n. Tinting.] To give a slight coloring to; to tinge.

A slight coloring.

To give a slight coloring to; to tinge.

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