A slight trace or tinge of color; a faint stain or quality imparted to something.
From en- (prefix meaning 'to put in' or 'to cause') + tincture (from Latin tinctus, 'dyed'). Tincture originally meant a dye or coloring agent.
Alchemists and dyers used 'tincture' to describe both magical essences and literal dyes—the word carried both scientific precision and mystical implication, which is why old texts feel so poetic.
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