These words all describe the appearance of things, resulting from the way in which they reflect light. 以上各词均表示颜色、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）
• 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。
• 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。

tint or tinge? 用 tint 还是 tinge？

• You can say 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 singular. * tint 常用作复数，但 tinge 几乎总是作单数。

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