tinge of orange

3.2

A small amount of orange color that you can just see

noun

: matiz de naranja

Look at that tinge of orange!

Examples

There was a tinge of orange in the autumn leaves.
The sky had a tinge of orange at sunset.
Her dress was white with a subtle tinge of orange along the hem.
The sunset had a beautiful tinge of orange.
The painting has a beautiful tinge of orange that brightens the overall composition.
As the sun set, the horizon was filled with a soft tinge of orange that captured everyone's attention.
She added a tinge of orange to her recipe to enhance the flavor profile of the dish.

Synonyms

orange

vstinge of orange

577 1.0

Having the color between red and yellow like ripe citrus fruit

is much paler and appears only as a slight shade

Antonyms

colorlessness

7.0

When something has no color, it looks pale or clear

How Orange

orange red

1.6

orange

577 1.0

tinge of orange

3.2

orange yellow

2.8

Surface Forms

tinge of orange singular

tinges of orange plural

Morphology

tinge + of + orange

The meaning 'a slight hint or shade of orange' is directly derivable from combining 'tinge' (a slight trace) with 'of' plus 'orange' (the color). This is a straightforward compositional noun phrase following a common cross-linguistic pattern for describing slight colorations, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would readily understand it.

Etymology

Tinge of orange gives a simple picture: imagine a white cloth touched by one drop of orange dye, so only a small tinge of color appears. That's why it means 'a slight hint or shade of orange'.