| Main Entry: | tint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shade of color |
Synonyms: |
cast, chroma, color, coloration, complexion, dash, dye, flush, glow, hint, hue, luminosity, pigmentation, rinse, stain, suggestion, taint, tinct, tincture, tinge, tone, touch, trace, wash |
| Notes: | color refers to the wavelength composition of light, shade is a gradation of color referring to its degree of darkness, tint is a gradation referring to its degree of lightness, and hue indicates a modification of a basic color hue is the quality of a color that makes it possible to call it bluish green, etc. (the color of a color); shade is a color variation having to do with the value of a hue (lightness or darkness), and tint is a pale variation of a color |
Antonyms: |
white |
| Main Entry: | tint |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | color with a certain shade |
Synonyms: |
affect, complexion, dye, influence, rinse, shade, stain, taint, tincture, tinge, touch, wash |
Antonyms: |
pale, whiten |
| Main Entry: | cast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | appearance; shade of color |
Synonyms: |
air, complexion, countenance, demeanor, embodiment, expression, face, hue, look, manner, mien, semblance, stamp, style, tinge, tint, tone, turn, visage |
| Main Entry: | color |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pigment, shade |
Synonyms: |
blush, cast, chroma, chromaticity, chromatism, chromism, colorant, coloration, coloring, complexion, dye, glow, hue, intensity, iridescence, luminosity, paint, pigmentation, polychromasia, saturation, stain, tinct, tincture, tinge, tint, undertone, value, wash |
| Notes: | color refers to the wavelength composition of light, shade is a gradation of color referring to its degree of darkness, tint is a gradation referring to its degree of lightness, and hue indicates a modification of a basic color |
| Main Entry: | color |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make pigmented; shade |
Synonyms: |
adorn, blacken, bloom, blush, burn, chalk, crayon, crimson, darken, daub, dye, embellish, emblazon, enamel, enliven, flush, fresco, gild, glaze, gloss, illuminate, imbue, infuse, lacquer, paint, pigment, pinken, redden, rouge, stain, stipple, suffuse, tinge, tint, tone, variegate, wash |
Antonyms: |
discolor, pale, whiten |
| Main Entry: | complexion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | skin coloring, appearance |
Synonyms: |
cast, color, coloration, coloring, flush, front, glow, hue, looks, mug, phiz, pigmentation, skin, skin tone, texture, tinge, tint, tone |
| Main Entry: | dye |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coloring agent |
Synonyms: |
color, colorant, dyestuff, pigment, stain, tincture, tinge, tint |
Antonyms: |
bleach, whitener |
| Main Entry: | dye |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | change color with mixture |
Synonyms: |
impregnate, pigment, stain, tincture, tinge, tint |
Antonyms: |
bleach, fade, whiten |
| Main Entry: | hue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | color, shade |
Synonyms: |
aspect, cast, chroma, complexion, dye, tincture, tinge, tint, tone, value |
| Main Entry: | paint |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | apply colored tint, often to make design |
Synonyms: |
brush, catch a likeness, coat, color, compose, cover, cover up, daub, decorate, delineate, depict, design, draft, draw, dye, figure, fresco, gloss over, limn, ornament, outline, picture, portray, put on coats, represent, shade, sketch, slap on, slather, stipple, swab, tint, touch up, wash |
Antonyms: |
strip |