tone
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3.5
- noun
- /toʊn/
- It was tested on 50 different skin tones.
- skin tone
- dark tones
- gray tones
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Watch on YouTubeAnd this little more cool tone version that's cute.
- And this little more cool tone version that's cute.
- Yeah, was concerned about the skin tone of the royal baby.
- This is Charlotte Tilbury and it's two different tones of highlighter.
- You've got the slight greyish tones, the pinks.
- It's a little too cool tone to movie for fall.
Examples
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This shade works really well for my skin tone as a bronzer.
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My kind of light skin tone, I can see it.
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Yeah, was concerned about the skin tone of the royal baby.
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That, that is a nice flesh tone right there.
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This is like a warm tone bronze color.
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It's a bit more of a warm tone going on here underneath.
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Obviously it's deeper than my skin tone by a long stretch.
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Daylight film produces warmer color tones, and tungsten film is on the cool side.
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This foundation matches her tone perfectly and gives her a natural look.
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The artist carefully selected different shades to capture the subtle variations in tone in the landscape.
Synonyms
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3.8
A small amount that makes something a little different
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3.9
A particular shade of color, like blue or red
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2.5
A slight change in a color, like a pale blue
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4.4
A small amount of color or feeling in something
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A small difference between similar things, often in color or meaning
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6.0
A faint color beneath a main color that changes how it looks
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7.7
A small amount of a color or feeling that is easy to miss
Idioms
Compounds
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8.7
A musical interval half the size of a semitone used in some modern and non-Western music
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A way of writing music that uses the twelve notes in a set order
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The seventh note of a scale that is one half step below the main note and pulls toward it
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7.1
A light balanced arm on a record player that holds the needle and moves across a record
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A higher sound made when the main note vibrates a whole number of times
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A language where changes in voice pitch make words mean different things
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Etymology
The word tone comes from the Greek tonos, which meant 'tension' and later 'quality'. So a color tone is a small change in the quality of a color, like a softer or stronger shade.