coloration vs tinge

coloration

noun
  • The quality of being colored. 

  • The act or art of coloring. 

  • Ornamental division (also called passaggi, glosas, diminutions. etc.) employing rapid black notes. 

  • A notational device for indicating hemiola through either use of red ink (in mensural black notation) or black noteheads (in mensural white notation). 

  • Political tendency. 

tinge

noun
  • The degree of vividness of a colour; hue, shade, tint. 

  • A small added amount of colour; (by extension) a small added amount of some other thing. 

verb
  • To add a small amount of colour; to tint; (by extension) to add a small amount of some other thing. 

  • To change slightly in shade due to the addition of colour; (by extension) to change slightly in quality due to the addition of some other thing. 

  • To affect or alter slightly, particularly due to the actual or metaphorical influence of some element or thing. 

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