Preposition: of

• sadness: But, there was also a tinge of sadness to her experiences.

• regret: The only person with any tinge of regret at their quadruple victory is landlady Mrs Brenda Manson.

• color: I could see a faint tinge of color steal back in.

• red: There were about twenty of them without one single tinge of red in their whole twenty faces.

• bitterness: He read the thought upon my features, and his smile had a tinge of bitterness.

• jealousy: There is also a tinge of jealousy and envy as we realize that others are going forward and we seem to be treading water.

Converse of object

• feel: She felt a tinge of contempt mingle itself with her pain at having refused him.

• have: The petals have a lovely pink tinge around the edges.

• develop: Fluid can often be seen underneath the plates, which may also develop a reddish tinge.

• give: The plant was also used in dying clothes, giving a crimson tinge to linen cloth.

• see: I could see a faint tinge of color steal back in.

• add: These include adding a sepia tinge or shooting the picture in black and white.

Adjective modifier

• greenish: There was, you could say, almost a greenish tinge to her.

• bluish: The slight bluish tinge in the hind wing doesn't count.

• yellowish: Some teeth have a yellowish tinge, some are more beige - very few are actually ' white ' .

• pinkish: Inside, the M&S meat was an alarmingly bright pink; the Waitrose gray with a pinkish tinge in the middle.

• reddish: Except perhaps for the reddish tinge to some of his skin, where her blows landed on his face.

• brownish: Beside black with a brownish tinge like me you can find dun ( gray ) or red also.

Preposition: on

• wing: A few of the Chalkhill Blue Butterflies had an extensive brown tinge on the wings.

Noun used with modifier

• violet: This leads to a slight violet tinge at the periphery of the image outlines.