Noun: tinge tinj
- A slight but appreciable amount
"this dish could use a tinge of garlic";
- touch, hint, mite, pinch, jot, speck, soupçon, smack
- A pale or subdued colour
"There was a tinge of red in the sunset sky";
- undertone
- Affect as in thought or feeling
"The sadness tinged his life";
- color [US], colour [Brit, Cdn], distort
- Colour lightly
"her greying hair was tinged blond"; "the leaves were tinged red in November";
- tint, tinct [archaic], touch
Derived forms: tinges, tinging, tinged, tingeing
Type of: affect, bear on, bear upon, color [US], color in [US], colorise [Brit], colorize [US], colour [Brit, Cdn], colour in [Brit, Cdn], colourise [Brit], colourize [Brit, Cdn], impact, shade, small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity, tincture, tint, tone