The phrase "subtle tone" is correct and can be used in written English
It refers to a tone that is not overt or obvious, but rather understated or implied. Example: "She spoke with a subtle tone, her words laced with hidden meaning and emotion."
Two of them add a subtle tone that's meant to mask my tinnitus, which during my hearing test she pinpointed at about six thousand hertz.
It comes nowhere near capturing the wise, subtle tone of the book it's based on, but "Speak," the story of a teenage girl trying to cope with having been date-raped, is still an effective treatment of a difficult subject, thanks almost entirely to the performance of Kristen Stewart as the young victim.
All of Amsterdam's scents were perceived to exist against a background aroma of the canals – a subtle tone of slight decay and mould, a savoury smell akin to that of a coat bought at a jumble sale or a plastic bag containing a two-day-old used swimsuit and towel.
And of course the orchestral writing touches on all these qualities, with subtle tone painting (the bass rumbling that evokes "Hell's domain" and "Satan's fury" in the tenor aria in Cantata No. 40, for example) occasionally breaking through a more generalized, celebratory use of string, horn, oboe and continuo coloration, not to mention the vibrant trumpet writing in Cantata No. 110.
What are the patterns of communication, the non-verbal Morse code, the subtle tone and style of emails -- including who is included (or not) on the CC line?
However, after nearly a month of filming, Universal and MCA executives disliked the dark, subtle tone that the film was taking and wanted a more lighthearted and action oriented story.
The same surface prevails as an elegant buff in a piece fittingly titled "Naked" and as a subtle tone-shifting brown in "Out and Out".
Weber's sparing themes and subtle tone-poetry are perhaps better suited to small bands than orchestras, but there's a lot of heartfelt and often beautiful music here for his admirers.
The list goes on and on, with the Devil being expressed in ever more subtle tones.
Although metal plates are satisfactory, stone is far superior, particularly for producing subtle tones and details.
The subtle tones of the paper are also sometimes augmented with tea and dyes.
