tint

[tint] /tɪnt/
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; variant of tinct
Related forms
nontinted, adjective
overtint, verb
overtint, noun
retint, verb (used with object)
untinted, adjective
well-tinted, adjective
Can be confused
color, hue, shade, tint (see synonym study at shade)
Examples from the web for tint
  • Images may take on a yellowish tint as color vibrancy diminishes.
  • What is more, the spot reflects more red light than blue light, meaning it has a reddish tint in the visible spectrum.
  • Lest the queen perspire, it has a layer of tint that's both effective and hardly noticeable.
  • To tint homemade lip balm, add a little juice from beets or cranberries.
  • Consult the map legend for specific tint representations.
  • The tint of the flower proceeds from its root, and the lustres of the sea-shell begin with its existence.
  • Then it is exposed in another box to the fumes of the bromide of lime until it becomes of a blood-red tint.
  • In tests, they minimized glare and produced more realistic colors, as the flash added less of its own tint.
  • She has even helped a decorator friend choose the proper tint for her dental veneer.
  • His liver function tests were always much too high, and his eyes had a yellowish tint from jaundice.
British Dictionary definitions for tint

tint

/tɪnt/
noun
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
verb
8.
(transitive) to colour or tinge
9.
(transitive) to change or influence slightly: his answer was tinted by his prior knowledge
10.
(intransitive) to acquire a tint
Derived Forms
tinter, noun
Word Origin
C18: from earlier tinct
Word Origin and History for tint
n.

"color," 1717, alteration of tinct (c.1600), from Latin tinctus "a dyeing," from tingere "to dye" (see tincture); influenced by Italian tinta "tint, hue," from Latin tinctus.

v.

1756 (implied in tinted), from tint (n.). Related: Tinted; tinting.

tint in Technology


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


hue