tinted

English

Adjective

tinted (comparative more tinted, superlative most tinted)

1. Slightly colored, having tint.
   • 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

     He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood. They dated from the previous century and were coarsely printed on tinted paper, with tinsel outlining the design.

   • 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel Station: Serpent Nebula Codex entry:

     The Citadel is surrounded by a blue-tinted reflection nebula. The light of the nebula is actually light from the Citadel, scattered and reflected back at the station.

Derived terms

• rose-tinted

Translations

slightly colored, having tint

French: teint (fr), teinté (fr) German: getönt (de), gefärbt (de), -stichig, angehaucht (de), verdunkelt (de), abgedunkelt (de) Italian: colorato (it) Spanish: colorido (es), teñido (es), con un tinte, coloreado (es), polarizado (es)

See also

• (of glasses): colored, polarized, darkened

Verb

tinted

1. simple past and past participle of tint

Anagrams

• nitted