Airs from Tsarina's colourful types (4)
I believe the answer is:
tans
This clue might be a double definition.
'airs from tsarina's' is the first definition.
The definition and answer can be both human attributes as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'colourful types' is the second definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their -s form, I cannot understand how one could define the other.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tans that I've seen before include "Gets Brown" , "Goes brown" , "Browns" , "Bronzes" .)