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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
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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Immerse yourself in sound and sight atop a mountain
The eight-minute gondola ride up Sulphur Mountain at dusk, as alpenglow tints the peaks apricot and the lights of town begin to twinkle below, may be entertainment enough (66 dollars per person, reserve online).
—Cindy Hirschfeld, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 17 Feb. 2025
The town was lit by an apocalyptic orange tinted by the red lights of fire engines mobilizing throughout the hills.
—Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Besides its claim to last up to 12 hours, the new skin tint is also formulated with skincare ingredients that are said to boost hydration.
—Kleigh Balugo, StyleCaster, 21 Feb. 2025
Immerse yourself in sound and sight atop a mountain
The eight-minute gondola ride up Sulphur Mountain at dusk, as alpenglow tints the peaks apricot and the lights of town begin to twinkle below, may be entertainment enough (66 dollars per person, reserve online).
—Cindy Hirschfeld, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Verb
It is based on survival and tinted by religious tales of a better world to come.
—Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 17 Feb. 2025
The town was lit by an apocalyptic orange tinted by the red lights of fire engines mobilizing throughout the hills.
—Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Tint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tint. Accessed 1 Mar. 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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