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ˈdemi-tint Painting. ? Obs.
[demi- 11.]
A half tint; a tint intermediate between the extreme lights and strong shades of a painting; applied also to broken tints or tertiary colour-shades.
1753Gray's-Inn Jrnl. No. 59 The Touch, which so skilfully blends different Colours..is called by the Painters the Demi-tint. 1798Trans. Soc. Encourag. Arts XVI. 287 Those demi-tints which conduce so much to the brilliancy of a picture. c1811Fuseli Lect. Art v. (1848) 467 He does not sufficiently connect with breadth of demi-tint the two extremes of his masses. 1824Blackw. Mag. XV. 146 They have none of the demi-tints to study.
Hence ˈdemi-tinted a.
1828Examiner 357/1 Cream-coloured and demi-tinted city and mid-distance. |