tinged

tinge | American Dictionary

tinge
verb[ T ]
us/tɪndʒ/
to add a slight amount of color or a quality to something:
The sunset tinged the sky red.

tinge

noun[ C ]us/tɪndʒ/
The flowers are purple with tinges of pink.

Examples of tinge

tinge
The wing-sheaths take on a grey tinge at first distally, then proximally and finally turn black, more rapidly in the posterior region.
On the thorax and legs the colour becomes paler and softer and takes on a more pinkish tinge before fading completely.
He resigned himself to a life of bachelorhood with as much philosophy as he could muster - and a tinge of bitterness.
Eleven years on, this continues, though now there is perhaps more than a tinge of pity for my" lonely" existence.
Parenchyma with densely distributed pigment granules that impart brownish tinge and opacity to cercarial body.
The red colouring of the hind wings was not developed except in a few individuals in which it showed as a very faint pinkish tinge.
They approach the end of the course with an unexpected sense of humility and even a tinge of regret.
The purplish tinge of the argillaceous beds is feeble but persistent.
Often it gives a modal tinge to his music, but that is not the way in which it works here.
Moreover, some of the strong words, tinged with anger and a touch of hatred, seem to me to have clearly got out of hand.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
The hint of absurdity in solving of the final riddle leaves an audience with a last tinge of that uncertainty which is a palpable undercurrent throughout the play.
Despite the tinge of regret in that report, family dispersal at regular intervals is regarded as normal, so long as new generations of children are being born.
I believe that, for the sake of strengthening the civil rights of freedom of movement and freedom of establishment, we can endure a tinge of disappointment.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
Is it because it is tinged with oil?
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