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tinting

tinting

2 4.0
An act of adding a small amount of color to hair or windows
  • noun
  • /ˈtɪntɪŋ/
translation icon : tinteado
  • The photographer applied a tinting technique to enhance the colors in her landscape images.
  • color tinting
  • window tinting
  • Eyelash tinting

So keep doing your mobile car window tinting, but also find a second income stream that's continuity in a different industry.

Examples

  • She enjoyed the process of tinting her old drawings to give them a fresh look.

  • Well, I had a little trouble in tinting class.

    Grease (1978)

  • Now an important decision must be made: choose between a monochrome image or one that has some color tinting left in it.

    Academic text (2008)

  • I'm going to a large photographic studio as a general helper and artist in charge of color tinting.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Tinting can eliminate glare and absorb solar heat.

    Academic text (2007)

  • The Universe hung all around him: stars solemn and unwinking, staring at him even through the heavy tinting of his fishbowl helmet.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • ICandy Eye Salon offers eyebrow threading, eyelash extensions, eyebrow tinting, and waxing, plus make-up sessions and upkeep instruction.

    Blog text (14)

  • In art class, we learned the skill of tinting to create subtle variations in color.

Synonyms

coloring
vstinting
  • US
24 1.3

The act of adding color to something

adds only a slight amount of hue rather than making a large change
glazing
vstinting
  • Specialized
1 5.4

A thin clear layer of paint put over another to change color or tone

adds a slight amount of color rather than a transparent layered coat

How Permanent

staining
3 3.7
dyeing
  • Specialized
3 2.8
coloring
  • US
24 1.3
tinting
2 4.0

Surface Forms

tinting singular
tintings plural

Morphology

tinting = tint (transparent) = tint + ing

Derived from the verb 'tint' with the gerund/nominal '-ing', meaning the process of tinting is directly inferable.

Etymology

Tinting comes from the Latin word tingere, which means 'to dye', and you can see the same root in the English word tint. So, tinting is the process of adding a small amount of color.