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tint

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4 LETTERS1 POINT[tɪnt]

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[tɪnt]

noun
A slight coloring.
noun
A pale or faint tinge of any color; especially, a variation of a color obtained by adding white (contrast shade)
noun
A color considered with reference to other very similar colors.
"Red and blue are different colors, but two shades of scarlet are different tints."
noun
A shaded effect in engraving, produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.
verb
To shade, to color.