What does TINT mean?
Definitions for TINT
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Princeton's WordNet
shade, tint, tincture, toneverb
a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
"after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted"
tint, tinct, tinge, touchverb
color lightly
"her greying hair was tinged blond"; "the leaves were tinged red in November"
Wiktionary
tintnoun
A slight coloring
tintnoun
A pale or faint tinge of any color; especially, a variation of a color obtained by adding white (contrast shade)
tintnoun
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
tintnoun
A shaded effect produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines
tintverb
to shade, to color
Etymology: Alteration of earlier tinct, from tinctus, past participle of verb tingo.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Tintnoun
A dye; a colour.
Etymology: teinte, Fr. tinta, Ital.
Whether thy hand strike out some free design,
Where life awakes, and dawns at ev’ry line;
Or blend in beauteous tint the colour’d mass,
And from the canvas call the mimick face. Alexander Pope.
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tint
A tint is a variation of a color that is achieved by adding white to it, effectively making it lighter. This process reduces the darkness or intensity of the color. In broader terms, a tint can refer to a shade or hue that characterizes a particular item or element.
Webster Dictionary
Tintnoun
a slight coloring
Tintnoun
a pale or faint tinge of any color
Tintnoun
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
Tintnoun
a shaded effect produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines
Tintverb
to give a slight coloring to; to tinge
Wikidata
Tint
Tint is a short EP by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Tint
tint, n. a slight tinge distinct from the principal colour: a series of parallel lines in engraving, producing a uniform shading.—v.t. to give a slight colouring to.—ns. Tin′tage, the colouring or shading of anything; Tint′-block, a surface prepared for printing a background; Tint′-draw′ing, drawing in a wash of uniform tint; Tin′ter, one who, or that which, tints: a special kind of slide used with the magic-lantern to give moonlight effects, &c.; Tin′tiness, state of being tinty; Tin′ting, the method of producing a uniform shading.—adj. Tint′less, having no tint or colour.—ns. Tintom′eter, an appliance for determining tints; Tint′-tool, an implement for producing a tint by parallel lines.—adj. Tin′ty, inharmoniously tinted. [L. tinctus.]
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TINT
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Tint is ranked #94730 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Tint surname appeared 193 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Tint.
61.6% or 119 total occurrences were Asian.
36.7% or 71 total occurrences were White.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of TINT in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of TINT in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of TINT in a Sentence
We have to turn off the faucet that is continually feeding the river of violence in our cities, there's a tint of racism to this. We don't manufacture guns in Chicago but why are we able to remove 12,000 guns off the street ? Where are they coming from ?
Even cars that came with factory tint, there was no guarantee that would protect against UV rays.
A "morning after" confrontation with the harsh daily reality can painfully destroy an erroneous understanding of an experience. Today may be beautiful, but tomorrow is another day and may have a different tint. ( "Morning after" )
The Mediterranean has the color of mackerel, changeable I mean. You don't always know if it is green or violet, you can't even say it's blue, because the next moment the changing reflection has taken on a tint of rose or gray.
Where does the violet tint end and the orange tint begins? Distinctly we see the difference of the colors, but where exactly does the one first blending enter into the other. So with sanity and insanity.
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