Tinge

Quick meaning: Tinge is a noun meaning A small added amount of colour; (by extension) a small added amount of some other thing.

Meaning

A small added amount of colour; (by extension) a small added amount of some other thing.

More Meanings

1. The degree of vividness of a colour; hue, shade, tint.
2. (UK, slang, obsolete) A draper's or clothier's markup.
3. (transitive) To add a small amount of colour; to tint; (by extension) to add a small amount of some other thing.
4. (transitive, figuratively) To affect or alter slightly, particularly due to the actual or metaphorical influence of some element or thing.
5. (intransitive) To change slightly in shade due to the addition of colour; (by extension) to change slightly in quality due to the addition of some other thing.

Example Sentences

[T]he water being ting'd red, cant it off, iterate it ſo long till the Vitriol tingeth the water no more.

Color-vision changes are complex with various manifestations, including frosting or white tinges on objects, decreased brightness or specific color loss.

Crimson—pure red, with a slight tinge of blue, giving it a purplish hue; the common color of red apples. / Scarlet—a bright red, with a slight tinge of yellow.

And when we consider that other theory of the natural philosophers, that all other earthly hues—every stately or lovely emblazoning—the sweet tinges of sunset skies and woods; [...] all these are but subtile deceits, [...]

Word Forms

• tinges
• tinging
• tingeing
• tinged
• tingest
• tingedst
• tingeth

Synonyms for tinge

Depending on context, synonyms include tincture, cast, teint, teinture, tinct, touch.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tint, hue, tinct, bepaint, imbue, touch.

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