Question: What is a tint?
Answer: A tint is a mixture of pure hue and white. Think of a color like red saturated with lots of white. As more white is added the color becomes a lighter and lighter tint of red, until it turns to pale pink.
What is a tint?
From Coral Nafie, former About.com Guide
Tints of blue shown at top right, shades on the left.
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