tints's Usage Examples:

The deeper tints are, however, peculiar to the nuptial plumage, or are only to be faintly traced at other times, so that in winter the adults - and the young always - have a much plainer appearance, ashy-grey and white being almost the only hues observable.

The iris is in most young birds at first brown or dull-coloured, but with maturity attains often very bright tints which add considerably to the charm of the bird; sexual dimorphism is in this respect of common occurrence.

Cochineal >>COCHINEAL, a natural dye-stuff used for the production of scarlet, crimson, orange and other tints, and for the preparation of lake and carmine.

Carla, compiled a contoured map of France (1791), and it only needed the introduction of graduated tints between these contours to secure a graphic picture of the features of the ground.

Rumors of overdoses and severe substance abuse problems, several stints in rehab, and a rocky relationship with her husband that frequently spills out into public physical confrontations have all played chaos with Amy's career.

About as big as a crow, its plumage exhibits the blended tints of chocolate-colour and grey, barred and pencilled with dark-brown or black, and spotted in places with white, that prevail in the two families just named.

Several other productions later, including a four part miniseries of Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist and several more stints on Australian television, Fisher set her sights on Hollywood.

The sensor seems to be excessively sensitive to the red or yellow tints and the background is often mottled with yellow.

The colourproducing reagent is added and the tints compared.

After her stints on stage in Annie, The Sound of Music and Beauty and the Beast, her talent agency encouraged the now 11 year old to attend a convention held in Los Angeles by the International Modeling and Talent Association.

This beautiful material presents a great diversity of tints, but a rich hyacinth red is common.

Synonyms:

tinge, tone, undertone, mellowness, richness, colour, tincture, coloring, colouring, color, shade,

Antonyms:

chromatic color, achromatic color, colored, uncolored, colorlessness,