Tint in Malayalam
ഇളംനിറം (ilamniram) is the word for a tint, joining the adjective for tender or pale to the noun for colour, so it reads as light shade. Paint shops, printing work and descriptions of cloth all use it. It implies a colour weakened towards white rather than deepened.
Most common translation
Tint.
ചുമരിന് ഇളംനിറം ആണ് നല്ലത്.
chumarinu ilamniram aanu nallathu.
A light tint is good for the wall.
Dictionary entry
- ഇളംനിറം (ilamniram) — Tint.
It names the pale end of a colour only; a darker shade takes the opposite adjective, and tint as an action, tinting glass or hair, is put as a verb.
Common questions
How do you say tint in Malayalam?
ഇളംനിറം (ilamniram), literally light colour.
How would you say a dark shade instead?
By swapping the first element for the adjective meaning deep or dark in front of the same word for colour.