tint

Universal Words noun, verb noun 1 a shade or small amount of a particular colour; a faint colour covering a surface: leaves with red and gold autumn tints * the brownish tint of an old photo 2 an artificial colour used to change the colour of your hair; the act of COLOURING the hair with a tint: a blond tint * to have a tint verb [VN] [usuallypassive] ~ sth (with sth) to add a small amount of colour to sth: She's had her eyelashes tinted. tinted adjective [usuallybeforenoun]: tinted glasses / lenses