tintyadj.
/ˈtɪnti/ Full of tints; having the tints too prominent or inharmoniously combined.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > qualities or styles of painting > [adjective] > other qualities or styles
plangent1666
dry1695
sticky1753
flat1755
spotty1798
touchy1809
definitive1815
edgy1825
painty1827
scratchy1827
unideal1838
tinglish1855
generalist1858
tinny1877
Christmas-cardy1883
tinty1883
surfacy1887
chocolate box1892
chocolate-boxy1894
Christmas card1895
juicy1897
candy box1898
pastose1901
busy1909
pompier1914
posterish1914
painterly1932
X-ray1940
illusional1942
all-over1948
figurative1960
hard-edge1961
1883 Athenæum 2 June 705/2 The prevalence of tinty colouring, thinness of tone, and lack of solidity..is still observable among the members' works.
Derivatives
ˈtintiness n.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > qualities or styles of painting > [noun] > other qualities or styles
pastositya1806
touchiness1813
scene painting1834
horror vacui1845
texture1845
daguerreotypism1846
fruitiness1869
tintiness1886
posterishness1930
painterliness1950
non-figuration1955
simultaneity1957
hard-edge1961
figuration1962
colourfield1967
1886 Athenæum 18 Sept. 377 What painters call tintiness when they observe that the brilliancy of local tints severally affects their harmony and the tertiaries are weak.
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adj.1883