4. tinge a slight admixture; trace: a tinge of garlic.
Etymology: (1470–80; < L tingere to dye, color)
Definition of 'Tinge'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)touch, hint, tinge, mite, pinch, jot, speck, soupcon a slight but appreciable amount "this dish could use a touch of garlic"
2. (verb)undertone, tinge a pale or subdued color
3. (verb)tinge, color, colour, distort affect as in thought or feeling "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life"
4. (verb)tint, tinct, tinge, touch color lightly "her greying hair was tinged blond"; "the leaves were tinged red in November"
Definition of 'Tinge'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)Tinge a degree, usually a slight degree, of some color, taste, or something foreign, infused into another substance or mixture, or added to it; tincture; color; dye; hue; shade; taste
2. (verb)Tinge to imbue or impregnate with something different or foreign; as, to tinge a decoction with a bitter taste; to affect in some degree with the qualities of another substance, either by mixture, or by application to the surface; especially, to color slightly; to stain; as, to tinge a bluecolor with red; an infusion tinged with a yellowcolor by saffron
Definitions of Tinge 
Afrikaans: klein hoeveelheid, tikkie
Arabic: مَسْحَه، لَوْن خَفيف
Bulgarian: оттенък
Brazilian: tom
Czech: odstín, nádech
German: der Anflug
Danish: skær
Greek: απόχρωση, χροιά
Spanish: tinte, matiz
Estonian: varjund
Farsi: ته رنگ
Finnish: häivähdys
French: teinte, nuance
Hebrew: לְגַווֵן
Hindi: झलक
Croatian: nijansa, primjesa boje
Hungarian: (halvány) árnyalat
Indonesian: sedikit warna
Icelandic: slikja, vottur
Italian: tinta, sdumatura
Japanese: うすい色合
Korean: 엷은 색조, 기미
Lithuanian: atspalvis
Latvian: nokrāsa; tonis
Malay: warna ... sedikit
Dutch: tint
Norwegian: skjær, anelse, anstrøk
Polish: odcień
Persian: ته رنگ
Pashto: لږ رنګ او خوند وركول: لږ 
Portuguese: tom
Romanian: nuanţă, tentă
Russian: оттенок
Slovak: odtieň, nádych
Slovenian: nadih
Serbian: nijansa
Swedish: skiftning, nyans, [färg]t
Thai: สีที่ระบายอยู่เล็กน้อย
Turkish: çok az, bir parça
Taiwanese: 淡色調
Ukrainian: відтінок; тон
Urdu: جھلک، نشان
Vietnamese: màu nhẹ, nét thoảng
Chinese: 淡色调
