Tone

To tone down
a -	To cause to give lower tone or sound; to give a lower tone to.
b -	(Paint.) To modify, as color, by making it less brilliant or less crude; to modify, as a composition of color, by making it more harmonius.

Its thousand hues toned down harmoniusly.

- C. Kingsley.

The best method for the purpose in hand was to employ some one of a character and position suited to get possession of their confidence, and then use it to tone down their religious strictures.

- Palfrey.

Noun	1.	tone - the quality of a person's voice; "he began in a conversational tone"; "he spoke in a nervous tone of voice" Synonyms: tone of voice
	2.	tone - (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages; "the Beijing dialect uses four tones"
	3.	tone - (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" Synonyms: timbre, quality, timber
	4.	tone - 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" Synonyms: flavor, flavour, feel, spirit, smell, feeling, look
	5.	tone - 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" Synonyms: tint, shade, tincture
	6.	tone - a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound; "the singer held the note too long" Synonyms: musical note, note
	7.	tone - a steady sound without overtones; "they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies" Synonyms: pure tone
	8.	tone - the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli; "the doctor tested my tonicity" Synonyms: tonicity, tonus
	9.	tone - a musical interval of two semitones Synonyms: whole step, whole tone, step
	10.	tone - the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author; "the general tone of articles appearing in the newspapers is that the government should withdraw"; "from the tone of her behavior I gathered that I had outstayed my welcome"
Verb	1.	tone - utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically; "The students chanted the same slogan over and over again" Synonyms: intone, chant
	2.	tone - of one's speech, varying the pitch Synonyms: inflect, modulate
	3.	tone - change the color or tone of; "tone a negative"
	4.	tone - change to a color image; "tone a photographic image"
	5.	tone - give a healthy elasticity to; "Let's tone our muscles" Synonyms: tone up, strengthen

tone - brightness

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