tinter

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

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

transitive verb