tint

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A tint is a light color or shade that's added to another color. Imagine painting with watercolors – you can mix different tints to create new hues.

When we talk about a tint, we usually mean it in relation to colors or paint. You might hear someone describe the tint of their car as being blue or ask for a specific tint when buying window film to block UV rays and reduce glare. Some people also use the word "tint" to describe eye makeup – like the color you apply to make your eyelids look darker. In photography, a tint refers to the overall tone or mood created by an image's colors.

How common is "tint"?

Word tint is considered rare in modern English.
It appears most frequently in magazine texts and less often in other writings.

Definitions

noun

A slight coloring.
A pale or faint tinge of any color; especially, a variation of a color obtained by adding white (contrast shade)
A color considered with reference to other very similar colors.
Example: Red and blue are different colors, but two shades of scarlet are different tints.
A shaded effect in engraving, produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.
(automotive, informal) A vehicle window that has been darkened to conceal the occupant.

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Real examples of "tint" in context

Bryan Cranston Fully Commits While Eating Spicy Wings | Hot Ones

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TV methamphetamine, the way we made it with a little blue tint,

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How common is "tint"?

noun

Real examples of "tint" in context

Bryan Cranston Fully Commits While Eating Spicy Wings | Hot Ones

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