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Tint

Tint Meaning & Definition
Tint Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Tint?

[n] 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"
[v] dye with a color

Synonyms | Synonyms for Tint: bepaint | shade | tinct | tincture | tinge | tone | touch

Related Terms | Find terms related to Tint:

See Also | color | coloring | colour | colouring | dye | henna | tincture | tinge | undertone

Tint In Webster's Dictionary

\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. --Pope. Their vigor sickens, and their tints decline. --Harte. (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\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tinted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tinting}.] To give a slight coloring to; to tinge.

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