n. 淡色；些微气味(常与with连用)；一丝痕迹

v. 微染

colour shade tone hue tint tinge All these words describe the appearance of things, resulting from the way in which they reflect light. 以上各词均涉及颜色、色彩。 colour/color the appearance that things have, resulting from the way in which they reflect light. Red, green and blue are colours. 指颜色、色彩（如红色、绿色、蓝色）： What's your favourite colour? 你最喜欢的颜色是什么？ bright/dark/light colours 鲜艳的 / 深 / 浅颜色 shade a particular form of a colour, especially when describing how light or dark it is. Sky blue is a shade of blue. 指色彩的浓淡深浅、色度（如天蓝是蓝色的一种） tone a particular shade of a colour 指色调、明暗、影调： a carpet in warm tones of brown and orange 棕色和橘黄色的暖色调地毯 用shade还是tone？ Tone is often used in the plural to refer to small differences in the quality of a colour. You can say tone常用作复数，指色质的细小差别，可说： shades of brown 深浅不同的棕色， but not 但不说： brown shades and 也可说： brown tones 棕色调， but not 但不说： tones of brown hue ( literary or technical ) a colour or a particular shade of a colour 指颜色、色度、色调： His face took on an unhealthy, whitish hue. 他的脸上透出一丝病态的苍白。 用colour还是hue？ Colour is more general and far more frequent in everyday language. colour较通用，更常用于日常表达。 tint a shade or small amount of a particular colour; a faint colour covering a surface 指色调、淡色彩、一层淡色： leaves with red and gold autumn tints 金秋时节略呈红黄色的树叶 tinge a small amount of a colour 指微量、少许颜色： There was a pink tinge to the sky. 天空略带一点淡淡的粉红色。 用tint还是tinge？ These two words are very similar when describing a small amount of a colour. You can say 以上两词指淡色彩时用法非常相似，可以说： a reddish tint/tinge or 或： a tinge of red 略带一点淡红色 ， but not 但不说： a tint of red Tint is often used in the plural, but tinge is almost always sin