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tints

/tɪnts/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A slight coloring.
  2. A pale or faint tinge of any color; especially, a variation of a color obtained by adding white (contrast shade)
  3. A color considered with reference to other very similar colors.
  4. A shaded effect in engraving, produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.
  5. To shade, to color.

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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