tone in
— phrasal verb with tone /təʊn/
/toʊn/ verb [T] (also tone up)Definition
› When colours tone in, they match and look pleasant together: The green of your scarf tones in with your shoes.Matching and co-ordinatingColour - general words
(Definition of tone in from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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