Tints


noun
1.
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
2.
a color diluted with white; a color of less than maximum purity, chromo, or saturation.
3.
a delicate or pale color.
4.
any of various commercial dyes for the hair.
5.
Engraving. a uniform shading, as that produced by a series of fine parallel lines.
6.
Also called tint block. Printing. a faintly or lightly colored background upon which an illustration or the like is to be printed.
verb (used with object)
7.
to apply a tint or tints to; color slightly or delicately; tinge.
noun
1.
a shade of a colour, esp a pale one
2.
a colour that is softened or desaturated by the addition of white
3.
a tinge
4.
a semipermanent dye for the hair
5.
a trace or hint: a tint of jealousy in his voice
6.
(engraving) uniform shading, produced esp by hatching
7.
(printing) a panel of colour serving as a background to letters or other matter
verb
8.
(transitive) to colour or tinge
9.
(transitive) to change or influence slightly: his answer was tinted by his prior knowledge
10.
(intransitive) to acquire a tint

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