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tint (tint)

noun

  1. a delicate or pale color or hue; tinge
  2. a color or a shading of a color; esp., a gradation of a color with reference to its mixture with white
  3. a dye for the hair
  4. Engraving an even shading produced by fine parallel lines
  5. Printing a light-colored background, as for an illustration

Etymology: earlier tinct < L tinctus, a dyeing, dipping < pp. of tingere, to dye, tinge

transitive verb

to give a tint to

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tint Synonyms

tint

n.

tinge, hue, shade, color value, cast, flush, dye, coloring, tinct, taint, glow, pastel color, luminous color, pale hue, tone, tincture, dash, touch, chroma, luminosity, coloration, pigmentation, ground color, complexion; see also color 1.

Antonyms whiteness*, flatness, colorlessness. See syn. study at color.color.


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tint Usage Examples

Object

  • visor: It also has an internal movable tinted visor, which is an interesting way round the law.

Adjective modifier

  • greenish: It was a fine trout with a greenish tint to its markings and bold, dark yellow spots.

Modifies a noun

  • plate: Image taken using polarized light microscopy with a sensitive tint plate.

Modifying Another Word

  • lightly: Conversely, you can ' punch up ' lightly tinted expanses with darker or richer accents.

Noun used with modifier

  • eyelash: Each stage of an eyelash tint demonstration was recorded in digital format and transferred to CD and the college VLE.

Preposition: of

  • color: Busy with curb and snaffle reins, head bent, into her oval face a tint of color crept.

Preposition: with

  • pigment: Break edges color filled with Fynebond resin bulked with fumed silica and tinted with dry powder pigments to tone with the original glaze.
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tint quotes

Who in the rainbow can draw the line where the violet tint ends and the orange tint begins? Distinctly we see the difference of the colors, but where exactly does the one first blendingly enter into the other? So with sanity and insanity.

-Melville, Herman

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