[f. TINT v. + -ER1.] One who or that which tints; now esp. an artist or painter skilful in tinting; spec. b. a tinted glass slide used with plain slides in a magic lantern; c. an instrument or machine for tinting or coloring paper or engraving tint-blocks.
1823. Byron, Juan, XIII. cxi. Good hours of fair checks are the fairest tinters.
1830. Cunningham, Brit. Painters, II. 181. He was a most splendid tinter, but no colourist.
1862. Thornbury, Turner, I. 48. The tinters of backgrounds still survive.
1891. Lewis Wright, Optical Projection, viii. (1906), 122. Tinters may add very much to the pleasing effect of plain photographs, if used with suitable subjects.
