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tint
noun
verb
A slight coloring.
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/tɪnt/
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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.
“Red and blue are different colors, but two shades of scarlet are different tints.”
A shaded effect in engraving, produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.
verb
To shade, to color.
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Red and blue are different colors, but two shades of scarlet are different tints.