tint.
A slight coloring.
Meaning & usage
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.
A vehicle window that has been darkened to conceal the occupant.
Where this word comes from
Alteration of earlier tinct, influenced by French teinte (“tint”), from Latin tīnctus (“dyed”), past participle of verb tingō (“tinge”). Doublet of tent (“kind of red wine”). Cognate with Dutch tint, Estonian tint, French teinte, German Tinte, Hungarian tinta, Italian tinta, Luxembourgish Tintin, Portuguese tinta, and Spanish tinta.
To shade, to color.
Where this word comes from
Alteration of earlier tinct, influenced by French teinte (“tint”), from Latin tīnctus (“dyed”), past participle of verb tingō (“tinge”). Doublet of tent (“kind of red wine”). Cognate with Dutch tint, Estonian tint, French teinte, German Tinte, Hungarian tinta, Italian tinta, Luxembourgish Tintin, Portuguese tinta, and Spanish tinta.
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