tint
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++tint1 /tɪnt/ noun [countable] 1 CCa small amount of a particular colour 淡淡的色泽；色调 SYN shade, hue paper with a yellowish tint 泛黄的纸张► see thesaurus at colour2 CCan artificial colour that is used to slightly change the colour of your hair 染发剂 red tints in her hair 她头发上染的红色
Examples from the Corpus
tint• But by this time the entire issue had acquired too strong a tint of partisan politics, and no action was taken.• It was October, and the leaves had begun to take on their warm autumn tints.• The glass had a bluish tint to it, like ice.• Upon those sturdy, well-defined bones the clear, even tint seemed translucent.• Petal colors include every tint between white and pink.• The varietal typically has a slight pinkish-gray tint.• All his really popular works belong to the former category, with its strongly Impressionist tint.• The sun shining on her head gave her hair an attractive red tint.• Colouration: Golden upper surface occasionally with red tints, pale yellow lower surface.• For those who have used soft chalk pastels and know their way around the tints I would advise loose pastels.tint2 verb [transitive] CCto slightly change the colour of something, especially hair 〔用染发剂〕给…轻微染色 → dye→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
tint• As he had expected, Grigoriev's skin was tinted faintly golden, the result of prolonged use of Longivex.• She looks very much like Crilly, though her hair is cut and tinted like a soap opera actress.Origin tint1 (1700-1800) tinct “tint” ((17-19 centuries)), from Latin tinctus, from tingere; → TINGE2tint1 nountint2 verbChinese
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tint1 /tɪnt/ 
noun [countable]1. a small amount of a particular colour
SYN shade, hue:
paper with a yellowish tint
2. an artificial colour that is used to slightly change the colour of your hair:
red tints in her hair
▪ colour red, blue, yellow etc: Blue is my favourite colour. | Matisse was famous for his use of colour.
▪shade a particular type of a colour: The dress is a light shade of pink. | He uses different shades of green.
▪hue /hjuː/ literary or technical a particular colour or shade of a colour: Her face had lost its golden hue.
▪tint a small amount of a colour in something that is mostly another colour: He wears sunglasses that have a pinky-orange tint.
▪tone one of the many different shades of a colour, each slightly darker, lighter, brighter etc than the next: Carpets in neutral tones give a feeling of space.
tint2 verb [transitive]
to slightly change the colour of something, especially hair ⇨ dye
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noun [countable]1. a small amount of a particular colour SYN shade, hue:
2. an artificial colour that is used to slightly change the colour of your hair:
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verb [transitive]to slightly change the colour of something, especially hair ⇨ dye
colour/color the appearance that things have, resulting from the way in which they reflect light. Red, green and blue are colours. 指颜色、色彩（如红色、绿色、蓝色） ：◆ What's your favourite colour? 你最喜欢的颜色是什么？ ◆ bright/dark/light colours 鲜艳的／深／浅颜色 shade a particular form of a colour, especially when describing how light or dark it is. Sky blue is a shade of blue. 指色彩的浓淡深浅、色度（如天蓝是蓝色的一种） hue ( a colour or a particular shade of a colouror 指颜色、色度、色调 ：◆ His face took on an unhealthy, whitish hue. 他的脸上透出一丝病态的苍白。 tint a shade or small amount of a particular colour; a faint colour covering a surface 指色调、淡色彩、一层淡色 ：◆ leaves with red and gold autumn tints 金秋时节略呈红黄色的树叶 tinge a small amount of a colour 指微量、少许颜色 ：◆ There was a pink tinge to the sky. 天空略带一点淡淡的粉红色。
tint or tinge? 用 tint 还是 tinge？
You can say 可以说 ：◆ a reddish tint/tinge or 或 ：◆ a tinge of red 略带一点淡红色 but not 但不说 ：◆ a tint of red Tint is often used in the plural, buttinge is almost always singular.* tint 常用作复数，但 tinge 几乎总是作单数。
Patterns
a warm/rich colour/shade/hue/tinta bright/vivid/vibrant/dark/deep colour/shade/huea pale/pastel/soft/subtle/delicate colour/shade/huea light/strong/neutral/natural colour/shade