vendredi 2 mai 2014

Notes on usage: Colour

Shade  -  Hue  -  Tint  -  Tinge

 

These words all describe the appearance of things, resulting from the way in which they reflect light.

 

Colour/color the appearance that things have, resulting from the way in which they reflect light. Red, green and blue are colours: What’s your favourite colour? | Bright/dark/light colours.
Shade a particular form of a colour, especially when describing how light or dark it is. Sky blue is a shade of blue.
Hue (literary or technical) a colour or a particular shade of a colour: His face took on an unhealthy, whitish hue.
Tint a shade or small amount of a particular colour; a faint colour covering a surface: Leaves with red and gold autumn tints.
Tinge a small amount of a colour: There was a pink tinge to the sky.

 

TINT OR TINGE?
You can say: A reddish tint/tinge or: A tinge of red but not: A tint of red. Tint is often used in the plural, but tinge is almost always singular.

 

PATTERNS
*a warm/rich colour/shade/hue/tint
*a bright/vivid/vibrant/dark/deep colour/shade/hue
*a pale/pastel/soft/subtle/delicate colour/shade/hue
*a light/strong/neutral/natural colour/shade

 

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See also:

Common Phrasal Verbs Irregular Verbs List
Common Sentences Errors Frequently confused words
Common Clichés Thematic list of Idioms
Common misspellings Phrasal Verbs Particles list
Common Preposition Lista de Términos Gramaticales

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