colourant vs tinge

colourant

noun
  • A pigment, dye etc added to something to change its colour or hue 

tinge

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

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

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. 

How often have the words colourant and tinge occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )