Tint

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tɪnt/
• Rhymes: -ɪnt

Origin

Alteration of earlier tinct, from Latin tinctus ("dyed"), past participle of verb tingō ("I tinge").

Full definition of tint

Noun

1. A slight coloring.
2. A pale or faint tinge of any color; especially, a variation of a color obtained by adding white (contrast shade)
3. A color considered with reference to other very similar colors.Red and blue are different colors, but two shades of scarlet are different tints.
4. A shaded effect in engraving, produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.

Verb

1. (transitive, intransitive)  To shade, to color.
• 1963, Margery Allingham, The China Governess Chapter 1, The half-dozen pieces … were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.