A tint is a color with a splash of white.
C+O+L+O+R = 63 = T+I+N+T
“The Mediterranean has the color of mackerel, changeable I mean. You don't always know if it is green or violet, you can't even say it's blue, because the next moment the changing reflection has taken on a tint of rose or gray.”
- Vincent van Gogh
“Who in the rainbow can draw the line where the violet tint ends and the orange tint begins? Distinctly we see the difference of the colors, but where exactly does the one first blendingly enter into the other? So with sanity and insanity.” - Herman Melville
“When I bring you colored toys, my child, I understand why there is such a play of colors on clouds, on water, and why flowers are painted in tints.”- Rabindranath Tagore
Gee whiz, and I tohghut this would be hard to find out.
Posted by: Marlee | 07/03/2011 at 04:00 AM