英语词汇tone down的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

tone down. To tone down, “to soften or make less emphatic,” may be an expression that originated among artists, rather than among musicians as might be suspected. It could have arisen along with the reaction against the varied and vivid colors used by Turner and his school. Many artists in the early 19th century, when the expression is first recorded, did return to the use of more subdued tones in their paintings, and bright canvases at the time were sometimes coated with varnish to soften them.

词汇	tone down
词源	tone down. To tone down, “to soften or make less emphatic,” may be an expression that originated among artists, rather than among musicians as might be suspected. It could have arisen along with the reaction against the varied and vivid colors used by Turner and his school. Many artists in the early 19th century, when the expression is first recorded, did return to the use of more subdued tones in their paintings, and bright canvases at the time were sometimes coated with varnish to soften them.
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