tint Definition

tint
noun

1. A variety or (usually slightly) different shade of a colour.

Thesaurus: shade, hint, tone, hue, tincture.
2. A variety of a colour, especially one made softer by adding white.
3. A pale or faint colour used as a background for printing.
4. Shading produced by engraving parallel lines close together.
5. A hair dye.

verb

tinted, tinting
1. To give a tint to (eg hair); to colour slightly.

Thesaurus: colour, dye, stain, rinse, taint, tincture, tinge, streak.

Etymology: 18c: from Latin tingere, tinctum to colour.