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Uncommontint
The correct spelling is tint.
How to pronounce tint
noun
IPA: /tɪnt/
Say it like: Tin-t
The correct spelling is tint. A slight coloring. For example: "Red and blue are different colors, but two shades of scarlet are different tints."
Usage Examples
“Red and blue are different colors, but two shades of scarlet are different tints.”
Meanings
noun
- 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.
verb
- 1.To shade, to color.
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