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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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Michael Kan, PCMAG, 11 Nov. 2024
The goal is to achieve a juicy look, characterized by an imprecise and slightly smudged application, reminiscent of the resulting lip tint after taking a bite of fruit.
—Beatrice Zocchi, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2024
Beatrice Zocchi, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2024
Often mistaken for a fungus, the plant is a pale, translucent white in bloom—sometimes tinted pink or, rarely, a deep red.
—Nina Foster, JSTOR Daily, 25 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Amazon hasn’t explained what is causing the yellow tint.
—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 11 Nov. 2024
The goal is to achieve a juicy look, characterized by an imprecise and slightly smudged application, reminiscent of the resulting lip tint after taking a bite of fruit.
—Beatrice Zocchi, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2024
Verb
The easiest way to play with berry makeup is to do so by tinting the lips in rich grape and raspberry shades.
—Beatrice Zocchi, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2024
Often mistaken for a fungus, the plant is a pale, translucent white in bloom—sometimes tinted pink or, rarely, a deep red.
—Nina Foster, JSTOR Daily, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Tint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tint. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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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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