Tint
Tint , noun
[For older tinct, from Latin tinctus, past participle of tingere to dye: compare French teinte, teint, Italian tinta, tinto. See Tinge, and compare Taint to stain, a stain, Tent a kind of wine, Tinto.]
A slight coloring.
(a)
A pale or faint tinge of any color.
Or blend in beauteous tints the colored mass.
Their vigor sickens, and their tints decline.
(b)
A color considered with reference to other very similar colors; as, red and blue are different colors, but two shades of scarlet are different tints.
(c)
(Engraving) A shaded effect produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.
Collocations (1)
Tint tool (Eng.) , a species of graver used for cutting the parallel lines which produce tints in engraving.
Tint , transitive verb
To give a slight coloring to; to tinge.