Tint

Word TINT
Character 4
Hyphenation tint
Pronunciations /tɪnt/

Definitions and meanings of "Tint"

What do we mean by tint?

A shade of a color, especially a pale or delicate variation. noun

A gradation of a color made by adding white to it to lessen its saturation. noun

A barely detectable amount or degree; a trace. noun

A shaded effect in engraving produced by fine, close, parallel lines. noun

A panel of light color on which matter in another color is to be printed, as in an illustration. noun

A dye for the hair. noun

To give a tint to or take on a tint. transitive & intransitive verb

A Scotch preterit of tine.

A variety of a color, especially and properly a luminous variety of low chroma; also, abstractly, the respect in which a color may be varied by more or less admixture of white light, which at once increases the luminosity and diminishes the chroma. noun

In engraving, a series of parallel lines cut upon a wood block with a tint-tool, so as to produce an even and uniform shading, as in clear skies. noun

To apply a tint or tints to; color in a special manner; tinge.

A slight coloring. noun

A pale or faint tinge of any color. noun

A color considered with reference to other very similar colors. noun

A shaded effect produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines. noun

A species of graver used for cutting the parallel lines which produce tints in engraving. noun

To give a slight coloring to; to tinge. transitive verb

A slight coloring noun

A pale or faint tinge of any color; especially, a variation of a color obtained by adding white (contrast shade) noun

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 noun

A slight coloring.

A pale or faint tinge of any color; especially, a variation of a color obtained by adding white (contrast shade)

A color considered with reference to other very similar colors.

A shaded effect in engraving, produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Tint

The word "tint" in example sentences

When you can manage to tint and gradate tenderly with the pencil point, get a good large alphabet, and try to _tint_ the letters into shape with the pencil point. ❋ John Ruskin (1859)

A good all around tint is rose or a lighter amber. ❋ Unknown (2009)

So the amber tint is awesome you can see straight to the bottom ❋ Unknown (2009)

The transparency effect of the terminal window looks great and I love the colour (the same effect with the same tint is used for tooltips). ❋ Unknown (2010)

The placing your figures in half tint is sacrificing them to the landscape, which I acknowledge is beautiful, — but the figures ought to be principal. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Simply make the measurements in centimeters, choose the thickness and tint from a sample display on the counter, and in a few minutes you have perfect panes. ❋ Unknown (2005)

There were pinkish streaks among the rock, and it seemed that some of the chromatic tint from the atmosphere owed its origin to these. ❋ Unknown (2004)

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