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Just a touch, not exactly a hint, of colour (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tint

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'colour' is the definition.
(I know that tint is a type of colour)

'just a touch not exactly a hint' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'not' could be 'nt' (synonyms) and 'nt' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ti' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for tint that I've seen before include "Quality of colour" , "work for coiffeuse?" , "A slighth shade of colour" , "Hue, shade" , "Shade; colour slightly" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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