Definition of "teint" [teint]

• Tint; colour; tinge (noun)

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• "There are only very few which are really fast, or grand-teint, that is to say, which will resist the action of chemical agents, amongst of these, the black, Noir 310, is quite indestructible."
• "Hence linings which reflect, are generally of the teint which is wanted in the face; and care is then taken that these linings do not come into the direct view of the observer, and operate prejudicially on the face by contrast, overpowering the little color which by reflection they should heighten."
• "Cours théoreque et pratique sur l'art de la teinture en laine, soie, fil, coton, fabrique d'indiennes en graine et peitit teint."