tingeing

Adding faint color

Tingeing is the present participle of tinge, meaning to color slightly or add a trace of something.

A sunset tingeeing clouds pink, or sadness tingeing someone's voice.

The spelling preserves the soft g sound; tinging would suggest a hard g.

Regret was tingeing every memory of that summer.

coloring

tinting

Applying light color

  • dyeingColoring via immersion
  • stainingApplying dye or pigment
  • hueColor's specific character

pigment · colorant · wash · shade · chroma · ombre · toning · saturating · infusing · suffusing

hint

trace

Minute remnant or pursue

  • suggestionIdea proposed for consideration
  • touchPerceiving through physical contact
  • nuanceSlight shade of difference

undertone · overtone · whisper · glimmer · flicker · shadow · echo · dash · note · suspicion

influence

coloring

Adding pigment to something

flavoring · inflecting · skewing · biasing · swaying · tempering · qualifying · moderating · altering · modifying

Opposites
color intensity

tingeingsaturating

Filling to total capacity

dyeing · drenching · soaking · flooding · suffusing

degree of influence/effect

tingeingsaturating

Filling to total capacity

overwhelming · dominating · pervading · permeating · suffusing

Family

tint, tinge, tincture, tinged, ting, tinging, tinctures, tinctured, tinges

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