tint
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That love is palpable in “Drifting Toward Twilight” and its accompanying documentary, which sees Saar fawning over the orange tint of sloughed bark and the mystical qualities of garden scraps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
WSJ | Buy Side: Good Weather Skin’s Daily Lip Sun Gloss protects your lips from the sun’s rays while offering a subtle, flattering tint.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Bartram's bass display a light golden color with dark brown blotches along their sides, a mottled belly, and fins with a rosy tint.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 23, 2026
They’ve even found their way into makeup; Hailey Bieber’s brand Rhode released a popular peptide-packed lip tint last year, and you can find them in mascara, eye shadow, blush … the list goes on.
From Slate ● May 4, 2025
I, in my turn, scrutinised the paper; but saw nothing on it save a few dingy stains of paint where I had tried the tint in my pencil.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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In July 2022, Florida Highway Patrol said Kapri was pulled over because the window tints on his SUV were too dark.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026
The red and blue of the women’s clothing echo the tints of the rainbow itself, as do smaller, random flecks of color throughout.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
The court heard the off-duty officer knocked on his tinted passenger window and said: "Get rid of your tints and get off your phone."
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2025
In general, colors that are tints, tones and shades of the same color will blend well together as will colors that are complimentary on a color wheel.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 30, 2024
Angela chose a pale pink dress that draped around her tall frame nicely and brought out honey tints in her light brown hair.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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PHOENIX—All around this desert city’s sprawling metro area, low-rise office parks with tinted windows and vast parking lots stretch to the horizon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
They also stopped cars with faults including bald tyres, illegally tinted windows and broken seat belts.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026
A Toyota Voxy minivan with tinted windows slid behind Ashaal’s SUV, then gave a burst of speed to zoom ahead and block his path.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2026
What makes the character indelible is the ghoulish heavy makeup, a bright red wig with tiny bangs, and oversized tinted sunglasses -- a cartoonish look that has gone viral.
From Barron's ● Mar. 15, 2026
The light had that tinted orange look that meant fall would be coming soon, and then the darkness of winter.
From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin
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The figure in the back, all but obscured by the tinting, waved gamely through an open one-third slice of window as the SUV slid by us.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 2023
On a sunny day, all these growing things have a stained-glass effect, tinting the light greenish.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2023
The knowledge of the terrible events coming weigh heavy over the story, tinting everything in queasy expectation.
From Salon ● Jul. 16, 2022
But on that afternoon—hot, windless—smoke drifted between the domes, tinting the scene with a sepia filter, and no one was in sight.
From Slate ● Nov. 27, 2021
It thickened the broth instantly, tinting it orange and infusing it with oily richness.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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Visual Arts - Introductory
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