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: a variation of a color produced by adding white to it and characterized by a low saturation with relatively high lightness
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: dye for the hair
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: a usually slight modifying quality or characteristic : touch
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: a shaded effect in engraving produced by fine parallel lines close together
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: a panel of light color serving as background
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
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Nora Colomer
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That said, each tint is said to offer sheer, buildable coverage with the right touch of color.
—Tatayana Yomary, Essence, 21 Oct. 2025
Kyani Reid, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2025
One of the courts is even tinted a very fun pink.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Each balm is packed with natural ingredients – including antioxidant-rich vitamin E – and has no tint.
—Nora Colomer
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
That said, each tint is said to offer sheer, buildable coverage with the right touch of color.
—Tatayana Yomary, Essence, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
The Camry, which had heavily tinted windows, was located at the scene.
—Kyani Reid, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2025
One of the courts is even tinted a very fun pink.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2025
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“Tint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tint. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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tint
1 of 2 noun1
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
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