tintedadj.
/ˈtɪntɪd/ 1. Coloured, tinged or dyed (literal or figurative); coloured in a manner specified by defining word in combination. tinted drawing n. = tint-drawing n. at tint n.1 Compounds.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > [adjective]
i-liteda1225
coloureda1325
colorate?a1425
tinct1579
primary colour1612
tincted1626
tinctured1626
tinto1686
tinted1756
unpaleda1820
pigmented1822
toned1864
hued1876
1756 Crit. Rev. 2 340 The French author is not much oblig'd..to his English translator. We meet with..tinted ideas, propell'd,..devastated, bilious, and many others of this kind. To what language these most properly belong the translator best knows, most certainly not to our own.
1816 R. Southey Poet's Pilgrimage to Waterloo i. iv. 92 The autumnal-tinted groves.
1821 W. M. Craig Lect. Drawing i. 15 Mr. Sandby..denominated this manner tinted drawing.
1831 D. E. Williams Life Sir T. Lawrence II. 351 (note) The tinted drawings of Lawrence are calculated to give the finest feelings to the imagination.
1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond II. xi. 191 A face..like a tinted statue.
1895 ‘C. Holland’ My Japanese Wife 1 My Mousmé! with Dresden-china-tinted cheeks.
1905 Daily Chron. 8 May 8/5 Talking of make-up reminds me of what we now call ‘tinted’ hair.
1905 Westm. Gaz. 1 July 14/1 Frowning heights the outline of which stood out dark and desolate against the orange-tinted sky.
1973 E. Lemarchand Let or Hindrance xiii. 160 A small brisk woman with auburn-tinted hair.
2. Coloured, as for reducing the strength of light, e.g. tinted glass.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > [adjective] > coloured to reduce light
tinted1905
the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > dimness or absence of brightness > [adjective] > dimmed > coloured to reduce light
tinted1905
1905 Proc. Royal Soc. 1904–5 74 528 A similar experiment was tried on a sample of the purple-tinted glass.
1911 Index Catal. Libr. Surg.-Genl.'s Office, U.S. Army XVI. 222 (heading) Spectacles (tinted).
1978 Morecambe Guardian 14 Mar. 32/6 (advt.) 1974 Ford Capri..black vinyl roof, tinted glass.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
<
adj.1756