tinted

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It was mauve-tinted, and had purple and green thistles.

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  1. noun A shade of a color, especially a pale or delicate variation.
  2. noun A gradation of a color made by adding white to it to lessen its saturation.
  3. noun A slight coloration; a tinge.

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  • He had obviously been disguised, and had removed whatever had given his skin a pale color, and whatever--tinted glasses of the contact type which fitted on the eyeballs, probably--had given his eyes a nondescript brown shade. —  140 - Jiu San
  • He'd drawn a map on one sheet and on another written a note about the girl in Arabic-tinted English (an Arabic language website had been helpful there) — to fool the cops. —  The Twelfth Card
  • One is gone, but another takes its place, just as rainbow-tinted, and gorgeous. —  Doctor Luttrell's First Patient
  • A new moon shone in the faintly-tinted, pale-green sky, where my eyes, and perhaps mine alone, detected a lingering rosy tinge--that same rosy light that gleamed upon the pools down in the pine wood October 5th._--He knows now that I love him, and knows it from my own lips. —  The Child of Pleasure
  • Marbled paper is more durable in color than the tinted, and does not stain so easily. —  A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries
 

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