tint
a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color (Freq. 1)
- after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted
• Syn:
shade, tincture, tone
• Derivationally related forms:
tone (for: tone), tincture (for: tincture)
• Hypernyms:
color, colour, coloring, colouring
• Hyponyms:
mellowness, richness, undertone, tinge
color lightly (Freq. 1)
- her greying hair was tinged blond
- the leaves were tinged red in November
• Syn:
tinct, tinge, touch
• Derivationally related forms:
tinge (for: tinge), tincture (for: tinge), tinter, tinting
• Hypernyms:
color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize,
colour, color in, colour in
• Hyponyms:
henna, tincture, complexion
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
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