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tint

[tint]
–noun
1. a color or a variety of a color; hue.
2. a color diluted with white; a color of less than maximum purity, chromo, or saturation.
3. a delicate or pale color.
4. any of various commercial dyes for the hair.
5. Engraving. a uniform shading, as that produced by a series of fine parallel lines.
6. Also called tint block. Printing. a faintly or lightly colored background upon which an illustration or the like is to be printed.
–verb (used with object)
7. to apply a tint or tints to; color slightly or delicately; tinge.

Origin:
1710–20; var. of tinct
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