tinge
tinge
nounDefinition of TINGE
a property that becomes apparent when light falls on an object and by which things that are identical in form can be distinguished <there's a bluish tinge to your lips—you must be freezing!>
Related Words overtone, undertone; primary color, secondary color, tertiary color; brightness, chroma, chromaticity, contrast, lightness, saturation, value; coloration, coloring, colorway, pigmentation
Near Antonyms achromatism
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