Eggplant Tint

Eggplant

Solanum melongena is a plant species in the nightshade family Solanaceae, grown worldwide for its edible fruit, typically used as a vegetable in cooking. It is known by a number of names, including eggplant, aubergine, and brinjal.

Tint, shade and tone

In color theory, a tint is a mixture of a color with white, which increases lightness, while a shade is a mixture with black, which increases darkness. A tone is produced either by mixing a color with gray, or by both tinting and shading. Mixing a color with any neutral color reduces the chroma, or colorfulness, while the perceived hue can be affected slightly.

Eggplant (color)

Eggplant is a dark purple or brownish-purple color that resembles the color of the outer skin of European eggplants. Another name for the color eggplant is aubergine.

eggplant

Noun

1. The plant Solanum melongena or its edible fruit; an aubergine.
2. A dark purple color, like that of the skin of this fruit.

tint

Noun

1. A slight coloring.
2. A pale or faint tinge of any color; especially, a variation of a color obtained by adding white (contrast shade)

Verb

1. To shade, to color.