tinge > define

noun

• A slight but appreciable amount.
  • usage: "this dish could use a touch of garlic"
  • synonyms: touch, hint, mite, pinch, jot, speck, soupcon
• A pale or subdued color.
  • synonyms: undertone

verb

• Affect as in thought or feeling.
  • usage: "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life"
  • synonyms: color, colour, distort
• Color lightly.
  • usage: "her greying hair was tinged blond"; "the leaves were tinged red in November"
  • synonyms: tint, tinct, touch

• (n.) A degree, usually a slight degree, of some color, taste or something foreign, infused into another substance or mixture or added to it; tincture; color; dye; hue; shade; taste.
• (v.t.) To imbue or impregnate with something different or foreign; as, to tinge a decoction with a bitter taste; to affect in some degree with the qualities of another substance, either by mixture or by application to the surface; especially, to color slightly; to stain; as, to tinge a blue color with red; an infusion tinged with a yellow color by saffron.