tint /tɪnt/noun 5contraction 1verb 1forms 3phrases 1 noun5 •A slight coloring. •A pale or faint tinge of any color; especially, a variation of a color obtained by adding white (contrast shade) •A color considered with reference to other very similar colors.Red and blue are different colors, but two shades of scarlet are different tints. •(informal) A vehicle window that has been darkened to conceal the occupant.About an hour later, she noticed an all black Phantom with tints and chrome rims riding slowly through the car lot. — 2010 •A shaded effect in engraving, produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines. contraction1 •(informal) it is not; it isn't verb1 •To shade, to color. formstinted · tinting · tints Phrases with tint rose-tintTo tint with the color rose; to suffuse with a rosy hue.