About The Word Tint
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Tint
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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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