hue

1
[ hyoo or, often, yoo ]
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noun
  1. a gradation or variety of a color; tint: pale hues.

  2. the property of light by which the color of an object is classified as red, blue, green, or yellow in reference to the spectrum.

  1. color: all the hues of the rainbow.

  2. form or appearance.

Origin of hue

1
First recorded before 900; Middle English hewe, Old English hīw “appearance, color, form”; cognate with Old Norse hȳ “bird's down,” Swedish hy “complexion, skin,” Gothic hiwi “appearance, form”; akin to Old English hār “gray” (see hoar)

Other words from hue

  • hueless, adjective

Words that may be confused with hue

Other definitions for hue (2 of 3)

hue2
[ hyoo ]

noun
  1. outcry, as of pursuers; clamor.

Origin of hue

2
First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English hu(e), from Middle French: “a hoot, outcry” (whence huer “to hoot, cry out”)

Other definitions for Hué (3 of 3)

Hué
[ hwey ]

noun
  1. a seaport in central Vietnam: former capital of Annam.

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How to use hue in a sentence

  • She loved to sit alone at her chamber window in the evening of a summer's day, to gaze upon the gorgeous hues of sunset.

  • But the Wizard of the North touched Scotia's rough hills with the rosy hues of his romance.

  • But the foreigners' brushes, and their little tubes of ill-smelling gum colored with dead hues!

    The Dragon Painter | Mary McNeil Fenollosa
  • While everywhere were electric lights and roses, matching one against the other their brilliant hues.

    The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch | Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter
  • It was made of various colors, dark naturally for the lower classes, white for formal occasions, but also of brighter hues.

    The Private Life of the Romans | Harold Whetstone Johnston

British Dictionary definitions for hue (1 of 2)

hue

/ (hjuː) /


noun
  1. the attribute of colour that enables an observer to classify it as red, green, blue, purple, etc, and excludes white, black, and shades of grey: See also colour

  2. a shade of a colour

  1. aspect; complexion: a different hue on matters

Origin of hue

1
Old English hīw beauty; related to Old Norse fine hair, Gothic hiwi form

British Dictionary definitions for Hué (2 of 2)

Hué

/ (French ɥe) /


noun
  1. a port in central Vietnam, on the delta of the Hué River near the South China Sea: former capital of the kingdom of Annam, of French Indochina (1883–1946), and of Central Vietnam (1946–54). Pop: 377 000 (2005 est)

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Scientific definitions for hue

hue

[ hyōō ]


  1. The property of colors by which they are seen as ranging from red through orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet, as determined by the dominant wavelength of the light. Compare saturation value.

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