tint

About 1.12 uses per million words.

Meaning

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.

   Red and blue are different colors, but two shades of scarlet are different tints.

4. noun A shaded effect in engraving, produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.
5. noun A vehicle window that has been darkened to conceal the occupant.
6. verb To shade, to color.
7. contraction it is not; it isn't

Similar words

tinge tinct tincture bepaint touch shade tone hue colorize dyeing

Often followed by

of and to is in the which on that

Word family

tinted tinter tinters tinting tints