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hue

gradation of a color; tint: It had a pinkish hue.; outcry: the hue and clamor of the crowd

Not to be confused with:

hew – strike forcefully with a cutting instrument; to fell; to uphold or conform to rules: hew to the tenets of the church

Hue

(hwā)

A city of central Vietnam near the South China Sea northwest of Da Nang. An ancient Annamese city probably dating from the third century ad, it was nearly destroyed during heavy fighting in the Vietnam War but has since been rebuilt.

hue

(hyo͞o)

n. pl. hues

1. The property of colors by which they can be perceived as ranging from red through yellow, green, blue, and violet, as determined by the dominant wavelengths of the light being reflected, transmitted, or emitted. See Table at color.

2. A particular gradation of color; a shade or tint.

3. Color: all the hues of the rainbow.

4. Appearance; aspect: a man of somber hue.

[Middle English hewe, color, appearance, from Old English hīw, hēo.]

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hue

(hjuː)

1. (General Physics) 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. (Colours) a shade of a colour

3. aspect; complexion: a different hue on matters.

[Old English hīw beauty; related to Old Norse hӯ fine hair, Gothic hiwi form]

Hué

(French ɥe)

(Placename) 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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hue

(hyu)

n.

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.

3. color: all the hues of the rainbow.

4. form or appearance.

5. complexion (def. 1).

[before 900; Middle English hewe, Old English hīw form, appearance, color; c. Old Norse hȳ bird's down, Swedish hy skin, complexion, Gothic hiwi form, appearance; akin to Old English hār gray]

Hué

(ʰweɪ)

n.

a seaport in central Vietnam: former capital of Annam. 260,489.

hue

(hyo͞o)

The property of colors by which they are seen as ranging from red through yellow, green, and blue, as determined by the dominant wavelength of the light. See more at color.

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hue

value, chroma, hue - A color's value is its brightness, its chroma is its strength, and its hue is its position in the spectrum.
tone - A color variation with more variations than a shade—having to do with the value (brightness) of a hue (position in the spectrum) or its chroma (saturation or purity).
Munsell - A.H. Munsell was a U.S. painter (1858-1918) who developed a color classification system for chroma (saturation or purity), hue (position in the spectrum), and value (brightness).
pure color - A color or hue that is unmixed with other hues.

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Noun	1.	hue - the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength chromaticity color property - an attribute of color
Verb	1.	hue - take on color or become colored; "In highlights it hued to a dull silver-grey" alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" pigment - acquire pigment; become colored or imbued
	2.	hue - suffuse with color imbue color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize, colour - add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film"

hue

noun

1. colour, tone, shade, dye, tint, tinge, tincture The same hue will look different in different lights.

2. aspect, light, cast, complexion a comeback of such theatrical hue

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hue

noun

1. The property by which the sense of vision can distinguish between objects, as a red apple and a green apple, that are very similar or identical in form and size:

color, shade, tint, tone.

2. The degree of vividness of a color, as when modified by the addition of black or white pigment:

gradation, shade, tinge, tint.

3. A shade of a color, especially a pale or delicate variation:

cast, tinge, tint, tone.

Translations

لَوْن

zabarvení

farvefarvetoneskærafskygning

Farbe Farbton Schattierung

matiz tonalidad tono color coloración

häivähdyssävyvärivärisävyvivahde

teinte nuance

árnyalatszínárnyalat

blær, litbrigîi

colore colorito tinta

color

atspalvis

krāsanokrāsa

fargenyanse fargetone

färgnyanskulör

hue

¹ [hjuː] N (= colour) → color m; (= shade) → matiz m
people of every political hue → gente de todos los matices políticos

hue

² [hjuː] N hue and cry [of protest] → griterío m, clamor m
to raise a hue and cry → levantar protestas
there was a hue and cry after him → se le persiguió enérgicamente

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hue

[ˈhjuː]

(= colour) → teinte f

hue and cry (= fuss) → tollé m, tollé m général

hue

n (= colour) → Farbe f; (= shade) → Schattierung f; (fig: = political leaning) → Schattierung f, → Färbung f, → Couleur f (geh)

hue

n hue and cry → Zeter und Mordio (against gegen); to set up or raise a hue and cry → Zeter und Mordio schreien

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hue

[hjuː] n (colour) → colore m, tinta

hue

(hjuː) noun

colour. flowers of many hues.

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Her dresses, badly chosen as to their hues, were perhaps not badly made, but were certainly badly worn.

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From it are deduced not only the hues but the forms of all objects incumbent.

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Even at a small party, the company was a pleasure to behold; the richly varied hues of the assembly in a church or theatre are said to have more than once proved too distracting for our greatest teachers and actors; but most ravishing of all is said to have been the unspeakable magnificence of a military review.

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"All that nature yields was there, vying with the rarest hues.

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(blue, yellow, red, white, and black), yet in combination they produce more hues than can ever been seen.

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The beams of the cold northern moon, mingling strangely with the dawning light, clothe the snowy plains in hues of livid gray.

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The inevitable sunlight came streaming in at the windows and shed a ghastly cheerfulness upon the faded hues of the room.

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Where this green and flowery splendor terminated, the shaft of the Maypole was stained with the seven brilliant hues of the banner at its top.

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These windows were of stained glass whose colour varied in accordance with the prevailing hue of the decorations of the chamber into which it opened.

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A PEACOCK spreading its gorgeous tail mocked a Crane that passed by, ridiculing the ashen hue of its plumage and saying, "I am robed, like a king, in gold and purple and all the colors of the rainbow; while you have not a bit of color on your wings." "True," replied the Crane; "but I soar to the heights of heaven and lift up my voice to the stars, while you walk below, like a cock, among the birds of the dunghill."

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The peeled white body of the beheaded whale flashes like a marble sepulchre; though changed in hue, it has not perceptibly lost anything in bulk.

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Ere long, even they were left in shadow--the shadow of the distant hills, or of the earth itself; and, in sympathy for the busy citizens of the rookery, I regretted to see their habitation, so lately bathed in glorious light, reduced to the sombre, work-a-day hue of the lower world, or of my own world within.