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tone

n. (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages; "the Beijing dialect uses four tones"

pure tone

n. a steady sound without overtones; "they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies"

tone of voice

n. the quality of a person's voice; "he began in a conversational tone"; "he spoke in a nervous tone of voice"

shade, tincture, tint

n. a quality of a given color that differs slightly from a primary color; "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted"

timber, quality, timbre

n. (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet"

strain, tenor

n. the general meaning or substance of an utterance; "although I disagreed with him I could follow the tenor of his argument"

step, whole step, whole tone

n. a musical interval of two semitones

note, musical note

n. a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound; "the singer held the note too long"

tonicity, tonus

n. the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli; "the doctor tested my tonicity"

feeling, feel, look, smell, spirit, atmosphere, flavor, flavour

n. the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason"

change to a color image

v. change to a color image; "tone a photographic image"

change the color tone of

v. change the color or tone of; "tone a negative"

stretch, strengthen, tone up

v. give a healthy elasticity to; "Let's tone our muscles"

style, expressive style

n. a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period; "all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper"

stress, emphasis, accent, accentuation

n. the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"

intonation, pitch contour

n. rise and fall of the voice pitch

vein

n. a distinctive style or manner; "he continued in this vein for several minutes"

rosiness, flush, bloom, blush

n. a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health

hue, chromaticity

n. the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength

value

n. relative darkness or lightness of a color; "I establish the colors and principal values by organizing the painting into three values--dark, medium...and light"-Joe Hing Lowe

pigment

n. dry coloring matter (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint etc)

dye, dyestuff

n. a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair

stain

n. (microscopy) a dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible

position, attitude, posture

n. the arrangement of the body and its limbs; "he assumed an attitude of surrender"

bearing, carriage, posture

n. characteristic way of bearing one's body; "stood with good posture"

soundness

n. a state or condition free from damage or decay

mood, climate

n. the prevailing psychological state; "the climate of opinion"; "the national mood had changed radically since the last election"

environment

n. the totality of surrounding conditions; "he longed for the comfortable environment of his living room"

surroundings, milieu

n. the environmental condition

quality

n. an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare

mince, moderate, soften

v. make less severe or harsh; "He moderated his tone when the students burst out in tears"

tame, chasten, subdue

v. overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons"

temper, harden

v. harden by reheating and cooling in oil; "temper steel"

spread, become distributed

v. become distributed or widespread; "the infection spread"; "Optimism spread among the population"

atonicity, atony

n. lack of normal muscular tension or tonus

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