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Tint

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-006039

A color made by mixing a pure hue with white, giving a lighter and less saturated version of the original. Adding black instead gives a shade, and adding grey gives a tone. Painters use tints for highlights and soft passages, and a tinted paint is made by adding colorant to a white or neutral base.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-006039
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectShop talk and trade slang
See alsoTint block
TranslationsGerman: Tint; Spanish: cristal tintado; French: vitre teintée
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-IND-006039",
  "term": "Tint",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A color made by mixing a pure hue with white, giving a lighter and less saturated version of the original. Adding black instead gives a shade, and adding grey gives a tone. Painters use tints for highlights and soft passages, and a tinted paint is made by adding colorant to a white or neutral base.",
  "subject": "Shop talk and trade slang",
  "see_also": [
    "tint block"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "de": "Tint",
    "es": "cristal tintado",
    "fr": "vitre teintée"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/tint/"
}

Record 6,534 of 7,291 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.