1. A slight but appreciable amount
   - touch, hint, mite, pinch, jot, speck, soupçon 
2. A pale or subdued colour
   - undertone

1. Affect as in thought or feeling
   "The sadness tinged his life"
   - color [US], colour [Brit, Cdn], distort 
2. Colour lightly
   "her greying hair was tinged blond"; "the leaves were tinged red in November"
   - tint, tinct, touch

Derived forms: tingeing, tinges, tinging

See also: tincture

Type of: affect, bear on, bear upon, color [US], color in [US], colorise [Brit], colorize [US], colour [Brit, Cdn], colour in [Brit, Cdn], colourise [Brit], colourize [Brit, Cdn], impact, shade, small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity, tincture, tint, tone, touch, touch on

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