set the tone

:  to cause to sit :  place in or on a seat

:  to put (a fowl) on eggs to hatch them

:  to put (eggs) for hatching under a fowl or into an incubator

:  the act or action of setting

:  the condition of being set

:  a number of things of the same kind that belong or are used together

:  intent, determined

:  intentional, premeditated

:  fixed by authority or appointment :  prescribed, specified

:  vocal or musical sound of a specific quality

:  musical sound with respect to timbre and manner of expression

:  a sound of definite pitch and vibration

:  to impart tone to :  strengthen

:  to soften or reduce in intensity, color, appearance, or sound :  mellow

:  to change the normal silver image of (something, such as a photographic print) into a colored image