tint

tint (tɪnt)

—n
1.	a shade of a colour, esp a pale one
2.	a colour that is softened or desaturated by the addition of white
3.	a tinge
4.	a semipermanent dye for the hair
5.	a trace or hint: a tint of jealousy in his voice
6.	engraving uniform shading, produced esp by hatching
7.	printing a panel of colour serving as a background to letters or other matter

—vb
8.	(tr) to colour or tinge
9.	(tr) to change or influence slightly: his answer was tinted by his prior knowledge
10.	(intr) to acquire a tint

[C18: from earlier tinct]

'tinter

—n

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Word Origin & History

tint

"color," 1717, alteration of tinct (c.1600), from L. tinctus "a dyeing," from tingere "to dye" (see tincture); influenced by It. tinta "tint, hue," from L. tinctus. The verb is attested from 1756 (implied in tinted).

FOLDOC

Computing Dictionary

TINT definition

Interpreted version of JOVIAL.
[Sammet 1969, p. 528].

tint definition

hue

Example sentences

Images may take on a yellowish tint as color vibrancy diminishes.

The area alternately covered and uncovered may be shown by a tint which is

usually a combination of the land and water tint.

Consult the map legend for specific tint representations.

What is more, the spot reflects more red light than blue light, meaning it has

a reddish tint in the visible spectrum.

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Matching Quote

"If you have ever watched an artist constructing with bits of cold stone a beautiful living picture you know that he works faithfully and carefully on the pattern from the wrong side and while he is working every inequality, every tint a little too dull is apparent to him as his picture grows, but he works on and on. And even when he finishes at last and looks down at the completed pattern he is not discouraged to see here a little crevice and there a little roughness, an open seam here, a tiny patch there where the bit of marble was too small. Now he pours his cement over it and smoothes [sic] it into every seam, and with faith puts his work to dry. Next day the pattern is turned and the perfect whole is given to view, needing only the polishing of a loving hand to make it ready to slip in place. So we should work faithfully on our pattern, cement it together with ourselves, and polish it with human kindness; and lo! the work slips into place seemingly a perfect whole."

-Sarah B. Askew