tint

(noun)

A color considered with reference to other very similar colors. Red and blue are different colors, but two shades of scarlet are different tints.

Related Terms

  • value
  • complementary color
  • gradation
  • primary color
  • hue

Examples of tint in the following topics:

  • Preservation and Restoration

    • Examples of interventive conservation include securing flaking paint and the tinted varnish treatment, whereby the restorer applies a tinted varnish over the original varnish, giving the illusion that spots on a work have been repainted.
  • Light and Value

    • Value can be subdivided into tint (light hues) and shade (dark hues).
  • Watercolor

    • Botanical illustrations became popular in the Renaissance, both as hand tinted woodblock illustrations in books or broadsheets and as tinted ink drawings on vellum or paper.
  • Basic Color Vocabulary

    • "Value" refers to the relative lightness or darkness of a color, while "tint" and "shade" result from variations in value.
  • Color

    • In addition, "tint" and "shade" are important aspects of color theory and result from lighter and darker variations in value, respectively.
  • Emphasis

    • Some people also refer the lightness and darkness in an artwork as tints(light) and shades(dark).
  • The Venetian Painters of the High Renaissance

    • Although his mature works may not contain the vivid, luminous tints of his early pieces, their loose brushwork and subtlety of polychromatic modulations were without precedent
  • Engraving

    • There are other types of gravers, such as the angle tint tool, which has a slightly curved tip.
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