Hue

Noun

 * 1) A color, or shade of color, blee; tint; dye.
 * 2) * 1886, ,
 * A great chocolate-coloured pall lowered over heaven, but the wind was continually charging and routing these embattled vapours; so that as the cab crawled from street to street, Mr. Utterson beheld a marvelous number of degrees and hues of twilight; for here it would be dark like the back-end of evening; and there would be a glow of a rich, lurid brown, like the light of some strange conflagration; and here, for a moment, the fog would be quite broken up, and a haggard shaft of daylight would glance in between the swirling wreaths.
 * 1) The characteristic related to the light frequency that appears in the color, for instance red, yellow, green, cyan, blue or magenta.
 * In digital arts, HSV color uses hue together with saturation and value.
 * 1)  A character; aspect, blee.

Derived terms

 * hued

Noun

 * 1)  A shout or cry.

Derived terms

 * hue and cry

Adjectives for Hue
intense; stone; tender; undecided; vivid; varied (pi); native; prismatic; exuberant deathly; roseate; unalterable; ashy; glor ious; brimstone; golden; somber; autumn; ghastly; celestial; pallid; pronounced; rain bow; healthy; firm; unshimmering; kin dred; slaughterous; predominating; faint myriad (pi); intense; unwithering; sad blended; heavenly; tawny; universal; mel odious; tempting; chameleon; damask; sul phurous; manifold (pi) ; livid; pallid; pure lovely; somber; curious (pi); virgin; sub limer; azure; florid; ghastly; voluptuous enchanting; homely; lurid; brassy; sightly rich; fair; unwashed; fading; sunburned evanescent; normal; unnatural; brilliant predominant; wild; unpropitious; delicate unfading charming; different; changing sanguine   decided;  dazzling;  doubtful generous washed-out; nondescript; aerial shifting; burnished; iridescent; gorgeous; undying; kaleidoscopic; twilight; various (Pi).

Verbs for Hue
blend—s; dab—; daub with—; dim—; dip into—; enhance—; flush—; mix—; paint.

Thesaurus
Munsell chroma, achromatism, apply paint, bedaub, bedizen, begild, besmear, body-build, brand, brightness, brush on paint, calcimine, cast, character, characteristic, characteristics, chroma, chromatic color, chromaticity, chromatism, chromism, coat, color, color balance, color harmony, color quality, color scheme, coloration, colorimetric quality, coloring, complexion, composition, constituents, constitution, cool color, cover, crasis, dab, daub, decorator color, deep-dye, dharma, diathesis, dip, disposition, distemper, double-dye, dye, emblazon, enamel, engild, ethos, face, fast-dye, fiber, frame, fresco, genius, gild, glaze, gloss, grain, habit, humor, humors, ilk, illuminate, imbue, ingrain, japan, key, kind, lacquer, lay on color, lightness, makeup, mold, natural color, nature, neutral color, paint, pallor, parget, physique, pigment, prime, property, purity, quality, saturation, shade, shadow, shellac, skin color, slop on paint, smear, somatotype, sort, spirit, stain, stamp, stipple, streak, stripe, suchness, system, temper, temperament, tendency, tenor, tinct, tincture, tinge, tint, tone, type, undercoat, undercolor, value, varnish, vein, warm color, wash, way, whitewash

Pronunciation




Etymology 1
From hewe:, from  hiew:, hiw: 'form, appearance, color', from  (cf. Swedish hy: 'skin, complexion'), from  'dark shade' (cf. Ir céo: 'fog', Tocharian B kwele: 'black, dark gray', Lithuanian šývas: 'light gray', Albanian thinjë: 'gray', Sanskrit undefined: 'brown').

Etymology 2
From hu, a hunting cry

Noun

 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch: (kleur)schakering, tint
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * German: Farbton
 * Greek: απόχρωση, χροιά
 * Hungarian:, árnyalat
 * Icelandic: litblær,,  farfi
 * Italian: colore, tinta, sfumatura, tonalita


 * Latin:
 * Old English: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: (of people)  ; (of object)
 * Swedish: kulör färgnyans
 * Norwegian: farve


 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, häivähdys


 * Greek: χροιά
 * Italian:
 * Spanish:


 * Danish:
 * Finnish:


 * Spanish: tonalidad


 * : nuance
 * : mata
 * Greek: χροιά


 * : fargetone
 * : matiz, tonalidade

Anagrams

 * HEU

Etymology 1
From húfa:.

Noun

 * 1) A cap

Etymology 2
From huga:

Verb

 * 1) in? To please

Etymology
onomatopoeia, compare Dutch ju

Interjection
hue!


 * 1) yah!, cry to make (a) working animal(s) etc. advance or turn right

Antonyms

 * dia!

Verb form

 * 1) imperative and singular present imperfect forms of huer

Anagrams

 * euh

Etymology
Common Polynesian

Noun

 * 1) A gourd

Etymology
Common Polynesian

Noun

 * 1) A gourd (plant)

Noun
hue


 * 1) A cap
 * 2)   A head