tint

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(tĭnt) pronunciation
n.
  1. A shade of a color, especially a pale or delicate variation.
  2. A gradation of a color made by adding white to it to lessen its saturation.
  3. A slight coloration; a tinge.
  4. A barely detectable amount or degree; a trace.
  5. A shaded effect in engraving produced by fine, close, parallel lines.
  6. Printing. A panel of light color on which matter in another color is to be printed, as in an illustration.
  7. A dye for the hair.
tr. & intr.v., tint·ed, tint·ing, tints.
To give a tint to or take on a tint.

[Alteration of TINCT.]

tinter tint'er n.

1. Different colors derived from a single color, such as powder blue from blue or rose from red, that are created by varying the amount of white mixed into the color or showing through the color. Ink color charts, which are used to order color printing, provide samples of various standard tints, with quantified strengths of color, such as 50% or 25% of full color. The charts include tints composed of one primary color or combinations of two primary colors.

2. Lithographic printing problem that occurs when the fountain solution and the ink form an emulsion (oil- and water-based solution), causing the nonimage areas of the plate to pick up a small amount of ink that will lightly color (tint) the paper.

noun

  1. The property by which the sense of vision can distinguish between objects, as a red apple and a green apple, that are very similar or identical in form and size: color, hue, shade, tone. See colors/colorless.
  2. A shade of a color, especially a pale or delicate variation: cast, hue, tinge, tone. See colors/colorless.
  3. The degree of vividness of a color, as when modified by the addition of black or white pigment: gradation, hue, shade, tinge. See colors/colorless.

verb

    To impart color to: color, dye, stain, tincture. See colors/colorless.


n

Definition: shade of color
Antonyms: white

v

Definition: color with a certain shade
Antonyms: pale, whiten

A light color made by mixing a small amount of the pure color with a large amount of white.


n. sunglasses.  I have to get some prescription tints.

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: A quality of a given color that differs slightly from a primary color.

pronunciation It was one of those winter days that suddenly dream of spring, when ... the sun is out and the trees look surprised, and over everything there is the faintest, palest tint of green. — Shirley Jackson

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - farveskær, nuance, tone, hårfarvningsmiddel, tontryk
v. tr. - farve, farvelægge
v. intr. - tage farve

Nederlands (Dutch)
tint, kleurspoeling, (haar) met kleurspoeling verven

Français (French)
n. - nuance, teinte, coloration, shampooing colorant
v. tr. - (gén) teinter, (Cosmét) teinter
v. intr. - se teinter

Deutsch (German)
n. - Farbton, Tönung, feine Schraffierung, mit Weiß gemischte Farbe
v. - tönen, färben

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - απόχρωση, χροιά, τόνος
v. - προσδίδω ή προσλαμβάνω απόχρωση, χρωματίζω ελαφρά

Italiano (Italian)
tingere, tinta, sfumatura

Português (Portuguese)
n. - matiz (m), tonalidade (f), cor leve (f), sombreado (m)
v. - colorir, tingir, sombrear

Русский (Russian)
слегка окрашивать, подкрашивать, оттенок, насыщенность оттенка, оттенка

Español (Spanish)
n. - tinte, matiz, tono, tintura
v. tr. - teñir, matizar, sombrear
v. intr. - teñirse

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - färgton, nyans
v. - färga, tona, schattera

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
色彩, 浅色, 给...着色, 使受影响, 染, 着色

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 色彩, 淺色
v. tr. - 給...著色, 使受影響, 染
v. intr. - 著色

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 엷은 빛깔, 색조, 선의 음영
v. tr. - 색칠하다, 염색하다
v. intr. - ~에 색을 칠하다, ~에 기미를 띄게 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 色, ほのかな色, 線ぼかし, 性質, 気味, 淡い色, 陰影
v. - 色を着ける, 陰影を付ける, 色をおびる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) درجه من درجات لون, لون خفيف (فعل) يلون على نحو خفيف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮גוון קל, צבע, צבע (שיער)‬
v. tr., - ‮צבע, גיוון, הוסיף צבע‬


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