Definition
a tint: a touch of color, a shade, a tone, a nuance
I smell a tint of lavender in this perfume; you can smell lavender only slightly in it.
to tint: to dye, to slightly change the color of something
Over the weekend, I decided to tint my hair blond. At the moment it's brown so I'm going to dye it blond.
tinted: colored, pigmented
a green tinted bottle, bottle tinted in green a bottle with a green color
Pronunciation examples
UK: Do you like my new rose tinted spectacles?
US: Over the weekend I decided to tint my hair blonde.
- "The new "Bordello Breeze" has an entirely different aesthetic to it... did I mention the label is gold tinted?"
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