Definitions for: 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



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: bepaint, shade, tinct, tincture, tinge, tone, touch

See Also: color, coloring, colour, colouring, dye, henna, tincture, tinge, undertone

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