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: a variation of a color produced by adding white to it and characterized by a low saturation with relatively high lightness
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: dye for the hair
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: a usually slight modifying quality or characteristic : touch
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: a shaded effect in engraving produced by fine parallel lines close together
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: a panel of light color serving as background
tint·er
ˈtintə(r)
plural -s
: one that tints
specifically
: one that mixes in pigments to obtain paints of the desired color and shade
Examples of tint in a Sentence
Noun (1)
a photo with a sepia tint
green with a yellowish tint
She got a red tint at the salon.
Verb
They tinted the water with blue dye.
if you tint that blue paint with this yellow paint, you should get a nice shade of green
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Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 14 June 2026
Not quite curtains being used at AT&T Stadium for today’s World Cup match, but a tint is over the big doors on each side of the stadium.
—Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 June 2026
Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 8 June 2026
Android and Windows devices will now also be able to join iCloud photo albums, and liquid glass displays will be able to shift from clear to fully tinted based on users' preferences, Apple said.
—Mason Leath, ABC News, 8 June 2026
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Noun
One of my current favorites is the Cerave Hydrating Mineral Sunscreen Face Sheer Tint, which combines SPF 30 with a lightweight, glowy tint.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 14 June 2026
Not quite curtains being used at AT&T Stadium for today’s World Cup match, but a tint is over the big doors on each side of the stadium.
—Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 June 2026
Verb
Lee, 72, has maintained his trademark look of shoulder-length brown hair and tinted glasses and bounced between nimble bass playing and a bank of synthesizers.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 8 June 2026
Android and Windows devices will now also be able to join iCloud photo albums, and liquid glass displays will be able to shift from clear to fully tinted based on users' preferences, Apple said.
—Mason Leath, ABC News, 8 June 2026
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Cite this Entry
“Tint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tint. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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tint
1 of 2 noun1
a
: a slight or pale coloring
b
: any of various shades of a color
2
: a variation of a color made by adding white to it
tint
2 of 2 verb
: to give or apply a tint or color to
tinted glasses
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