a gradation or variety of a color; tint: pale hues.
the property of light by which the color of an object is classified as red, blue, green, or yellow in reference to the spectrum.
color: all the hues of the rainbow.
form or appearance.
complexion.
Origin of hue
1
First recorded before 900; Middle English hewe, Old English hīw “form, appearance, color”; cognate with Old Norse hȳ “bird's down,” Swedish hy “skin, complexion,” Gothic hiwi “form, appearance”; akin to Old English hār “gray” (see hoar)
OTHER WORDS FROM hue
hueless,adjective
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH hue
hew, hue
Words nearby hue
Hudson's Bay blanket, Hudson's Bay Company, Hudson seal, Hudson Strait, hudud, hue, hue and cry, huebnerite, hued, Huelva, huemul
Definition for hue (2 of 3)
hue2
[ hyoo ]
/ hyu /
noun
outcry, as of pursuers; clamor.
Origin of hue
2
1200–50; Middle English hu(e) <Middle French: a hoot, outcry (whence huer to hoot, cry out)
Definition for hue (3 of 3)
Hué
[ hwey ]
/ ʰweɪ /
noun
a seaport in central Vietnam: former capital of Annam.
Images and videos of the marine mollusks flashing bright purple and yellow hues litter the internet, perpetuating the idea that these animals are constantly putting on a show in the wild.
Flamboyant cuttlefish save their bright patterns for flirting, fighting and fleeing|Helen Thompson|September 1, 2020|Science News
The hue indicates that it burns without soot, suggesting that such flames could be useful in cleaning up oil spills or for more environmentally friendly power generation.
Four types of flames join forces to make this eerie ‘blue whirl’|Emily Conover|August 12, 2020|Science News
They’ve also mapped out the molecule that produces its blue hue.
Ancient recipes helped scientists resurrect a long-lost blue hue|Carolyn Wilke|May 26, 2020|Science News For Students
Scientists have resurrected a purple-blue hue that had been lost to time.
Ancient recipes helped scientists resurrect a long-lost blue hue|Carolyn Wilke|May 26, 2020|Science News For Students
Because each hue has a slightly different wavelength, each refracts a different amount.
Explainer: Rainbows, fogbows and their eerie cousins|Matthew Cappucci|May 1, 2020|Science News For Students
This was a madcap game, the ball hurtling from end to end, chased by tired legs of every hue.
Stars and Stripes 2, Black Stars 1: Team USA Takes a Win From Ghana|Tunku Varadarajan|June 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Does Blackness, as a social color, change the hue of all the other colors it touches?
Abstraction Colored by Race|Blake Gopnik|January 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Sam Gilliam works with form and hue, but we always see history in it.
Abstraction Colored by Race|Blake Gopnik|January 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The walls are painted a solemn Bordeaux hue to let the garments resonate all the more boldly.
Azzedine Alaïa Retrospective Opens at Palais Galliera in Paris|Sarah Moroz|September 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Trying to force her to be based solely on the hue of her skin or the fullness of her lips is really being clueless.
Why Stacey Dash’s Looks—Not Her Race—Matter in Her Romney Endorsement|Allison Samuels|October 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Not that mine is altogether a chameleon spirit with no hue of its own.
Twice Told Tales|Nathaniel Hawthorne
These basic stains have been located in their proper positions with regard to their hue, value, and chroma.
Industrial Arts Design|William H. Varnum
The colorings of the Greggii are a wondrous harmony of tint and hue.
The Fantastic Clan|John James Thornber
He further calls the hue, "a roseate smile," and is reminded of Titian's pencil.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843|Various
The smile with which she had come towards him passed from her face, which was perchance a little warmer of hue than commonly.
New Grub Street|George Gissing
British Dictionary definitions for hue (1 of 2)
hue
/ (hjuː) /
noun
the attribute of colour that enables an observer to classify it as red, green, blue, purple, etc, and excludes white, black, and shades of greySee also colour
a shade of a colour
aspect; complexiona different hue on matters
Word Origin for hue
Old English hīw beauty; related to Old Norse hӯ fine hair, Gothic hiwi form
British Dictionary definitions for hue (2 of 2)
Hué
/ (Frenchɥe) /
noun
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)
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 saturationvalue.