tint

  1. Noun.  A slight coloring.
  2. Noun.  A pale or faint tinge of any color; especially, a variation of a color obtained by adding white (contrast shade).
  3. Noun.  A color considered with reference to other very similar colors; as, red and blue are different colors, but two shades of scarlet are different tints.
  4. Noun.  A shaded effect produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.
  5. Verb.  (transitive, intransitive) to shade, to color.

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