tint

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noun

ˈtint 

1

a

: a usually slight or pale coloration : hue

b

: any of various lighter or darker shades of a color : tinge

2

: a variation of a color produced by adding white to it and characterized by a low saturation with relatively high lightness

3

: dye for the hair

4

: a usually slight modifying quality or characteristic : touch

5

: a shaded effect in engraving produced by fine parallel lines close together

6

: a panel of light color serving as background

tint

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verb

tinted; tinting; tints

transitive verb

: to impart or apply a tint to : color

tinter noun

tint

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past and past participle of tine entry 2

Synonyms of tint

Noun

• shade
• color
• hue
• tone

Verb

• paint
• color
• stain
• dye
• pigment

Examples of tint in a Sentence

Noun

a photo with a sepia tint

green with a yellowish tint

She got a red tint at the salon.

Verb

They tinted the water with blue dye.

if you tint that blue paint with this yellow paint, you should get a nice shade of green

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Accurately named, the Red Carpet Skin Luminous Foundation feels like a weightless skin tint but works like foundation to provide medium-to-full coverage with a natural finish that softly blurs. — Celia Shatzman, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Skin tints, blurring balms, four kinds of lip liner—amid an increasing bevy of products to choose between, choice paralysis begs the question of what a makeup routine actually requires. — Valeriya Chupinina, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2026

Verb

White drapes frame the space, with a front window wall tinted Jacaranda-purple, visible from the outside. — R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

When showing a complex picture with many different hues next to each other, though, pumping up the output of individual LED colors can cause the edges of those hues to tint and warp. — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 17 Aug. 2026

Word History

Etymology

Noun

alteration of earlier tinct, from Latin tinctus act of dyeing, from tingere to tinge

First Known Use

Noun

1717, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb

1791, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for tint

• clint
• dint
• glint
• hint
• lint
• mint
• print
• quint
• quinte
• splint
• sprint
• squint

Kids Definition

tint

1 of 2 noun

ˈtint 

1

a

: a slight or pale coloring

b

: any of various shades of a color

2

: a variation of a color made by adding white to it

tint

2 of 2 verb

: to give or apply a tint or color to

tinted glasses