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: a variation of a color produced by adding white to it and characterized by a low saturation with relatively high lightness
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: dye for the hair
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: a usually slight modifying quality or characteristic : touch
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: a shaded effect in engraving produced by fine parallel lines close together
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: a panel of light color serving as background
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Examples of tint in a Sentence
Noun
a photo with a sepia tint
green with a yellowish tint
She got a red tint at the salon.
Verb
They tinted the water with blue dye.
if you tint that blue paint with this yellow paint, you should get a nice shade of green
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Jenny Berg, Vogue, 2 Jan. 2025
Gonzales said the dark tint on Witt's black Chevrolet Sonic back window, combined with Witt's slow speed of 45 mph in a 65-mph area and swerving between lanes caught his attention.
—Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 31 Dec. 2024
Thomas Smith, Billboard, 2 Jan. 2025
The truck windows were tinted, which police say explains why two days passed before the bodies were discovered.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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Noun
After it’s set, the 21-year-old tops the tint off with a second coat of concealer—and another tip.
—Jenny Berg, Vogue, 2 Jan. 2025
Gonzales said the dark tint on Witt's black Chevrolet Sonic back window, combined with Witt's slow speed of 45 mph in a 65-mph area and swerving between lanes caught his attention.
—Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 31 Dec. 2024
Verb
The prosecutor Alice Holloway noted that in 2023, Stormzy had previously admitted to driving a Lamborghini Urus that had front windows illegally tinted to only 4% light transmission, violating the 70% requirement.
—Thomas Smith, Billboard, 2 Jan. 2025
The truck windows were tinted, which police say explains why two days passed before the bodies were discovered.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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“Tint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tint. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.
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tint
1 of 2 noun1
a
: a slight or pale coloring
b
: any of various shades of a color
2
: a variation of a color made by adding white to it
tint
2 of 2 verb
: to give or apply a tint or color to
tinted glasses
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