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🎨 A color shade 🖌️ To color slightly 🌫️ A slight trace 💇 Hair dye
to tint

to tint

6 3.6
To add a small amount of color to something
  • verb
  • /tɪnt/
: teñir
  • It'll actually tint it a little bit warmer color.
  • tinted with color
  • tinted photographs

Or they don't even use edge paint, they just tint by hand the raw edge of the leather.

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Examples

  • So I'm just going over that lightly just to tint my brows a touch.

  • I'm just going to tint my lips with the most beautiful shade of warm pink.

  • You really gotta tint these front windows.

    Beyond the Lights (2014)

  • What we're trying to do here is really just gently tint the lash.

  • But I'm using this mostly just 'cause I want to tint my lashes red, brown.

  • She decided to tint her glasses with a soft shade of pink to match her outfit.

  • Use this special dye to tint the fabric a light blue for your project.

  • To create a unique look, you can tint your hair with pastel colors for the summer.

Synonyms

to dye
vsto tint
83 2.2

To change the color of something using a coloring liquid or powder

is about adding a light pigment rather than mixing in special substances
to color
vsto tint
  • US
75 1.0

To make something a different shade by painting or dyeing

is about applying only a small amount of pigment rather than full surface change
to tinge
vsto tint
19 4.8

To add a small amount of color or feeling to something

is limited to applying light pigment rather than affecting mood or quality
to touch
vsto tint
15 5.5

To add a small amount of color to something

is used for light application of pigment rather than full recoloring
to shade
vsto tint
8 3.9

To change something a little to make it less strong

is about applying a small amount of pigment rather than slow gradual change
to tone
vsto tint
3 4.9

To change the color or shade of something

focuses on light pigment application rather than broader artistic hue setting
to tinct
vsto tint
  • Archaic
1 9.9

To give something a very light color

is about applying only a small amount rather than deep color changes

Antonyms

to bleach
30 3.2

To make something lighter in color, often using chemicals or sunlight

Compounds

rose-tint
1 7.3

A too positive view of the past that ignores problems

bluish tint
1 2.8

A slight blue color in something like glass or the sky

rose-tint perspective
7.9

A too positive view of the past that leaves out bad things

How Much

to paint
498 1.0
dye
85 2.0
to stain
46 3.2
to tint
6 3.6
wash
  • Specialized
8 6.7

Surface Forms

tint infinitive
tinted past
tinted past participle
tinting present participle
tints third person singular

Etymology

To tint as a verb comes from the old root ting- meaning 'to dye'. So to tint something is to add a little color or change its tone slightly.