Emily Dickinson Lexicon

TINT, n. [It. tinta; Fr. teint; from L. tinctus, tingo. See Tinge.]

A dye; a color, or rather a slight coloring or tincture distinct from the ground or principal color; as, red with a blue tint, or tint of blue. In painting, tints are the colors considered as more, or less bright, deep, or thin, by the due use and intermixture of which a picture receives its shades, softness, and variety. Or blend in beauteous tint the color'd mass. Pope. Their vigor sickens, and their tints decline. Harte.