tinge
noun/tɪndʒ/
/tɪndʒ/
[usually singular]- a small amount of a colour, feeling or quality
- to feel a tinge of envy
- There was a faint pink tinge to the sky.
Synonyms colourcolourshade ▪ hue ▪ tint ▪ tingeThese words all describe the appearance of things, resulting from the way in which they reflect light.colour the appearance that things have, resulting from the way in which they reflect light. Red, green and blue are colours: What’s your favourite colour?bright/dark/light coloursshade a particular form of a colour, especially when describing how light or dark it is. Sky blue is a shade of blue: Her eyes were a delicate shade of green.hue (literary or technical) a colour or a particular shade of a colour: His face took on an unhealthy, whitish hue.tint a shade or small amount of a particular colour; a faint colour covering a surface: leaves with red and gold autumn tintstinge a small amount of a colour: There was a pink tinge to the sky. tint or tinge?You can say: a reddish tint/tinge or: a tinge of red but not: a tint of red. Tint is often used in the plural, but tinge is almost always singular.Patterns- a warm/rich colour/shade/hue/tint
- a bright/vivid/vibrant/dark/deep colour/shade/hue
- a pale/pastel/soft/subtle/delicate colour/shade/hue
- a light/strong/neutral/natural colour/shade
Extra Examples- a slight reddish tinge
- blue with a slight tinge of purple
- a tinge of regret
- He felt a tinge of sadness as the train began to pull away.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- faint
- slight
- blue
- …
- have
- feel
- tinge of
- tinge to
Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Latin tingere ‘to dip or colour’. The noun dates from the mid 18th cent.
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