tint
pronunciation
How to pronounce tint in British English:
UK [tɪnt]
How to pronounce tint in American English:
US [tɪnt]
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- Noun:
- a quality of a given color that differs slightly from a primary color
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- Verb:
- dye with a color
Word Origin
- tint
- tint: see tinge
- 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.
- tint (v.)
- 1756 (implied in tinted), from tint (n.). Related: Tinting.
Example
- 1. Photograph by medford taylor darkness lends a reddish tint to sea oats bending with storm-whipped winds in saxis , virginia .
- 2. Adjust the tint on your tv so that all the people are green , and insist to others that you " like it that way . "
- 3. I decided to bin the tint when I saw a friend who 'd allowed her hair to go grey .
- 4. What you see : in flat , white light , your skin and eyes have developed a yellowish tint .
- 5. Over time , birds have evolved a dazzling combination of colors that included various melanin pigments , which give human skin its tint , carotenoid pigments , which come from their diets , and structural colors , like the blue eyes of humans .