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hue¹ Definition

hue (hyo̵̅o̅)

noun

  1. Obsolete general appearance; aspect
  2. color; esp., the distinctive characteristics of a given color that enable it to be assigned a position in the spectrum
  3. a particular shade or tint of a given color

Etymology: ME hewe < OE heow, akin to Goth hiwi, appearance, form < IE *i-wo < base *ei-, (dark-)colored > OE hæwen, blue, har, hoar

hue² Definition

hue (hyo̵̅o̅)

noun

a shouting; outcry

Etymology: ME hu < OFr, a warning interj.

hue² Idioms

hue and cry

Etymology: Anglo-Norm hu e cri

  1. Historical
    1. a loud shout or cry by those pursuing a felon: all who heard were obliged to join in the pursuit
    2. the pursuit itself
  2. any loud outcry or clamor
Hue Definition

Hue (hwā, wā)

city in central Vietnam, on the South China Sea: pop. 211,000

hue Synonyms

hue

n.

  1. A shade of color

    value, tone, shade, tint; see color 1, tint.

  2. A color

    color, chroma, tone; see color 1. See syn. study at color.

hue Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • flower: Due to the blue being so distinct from everything else I can trivially change the hue of the flowers independent of everything else.
  • green: The sharp colors of Spring eventually give way to the softer hues of summer greens.

Converse of object

  • assume: The weather changed; the sunlight, which had been like tin for weeks, assumed the hues of topaz.
  • vary: All the dishes are served in huge brilliantly colored ceramic bowls of varying hues - I just love that sort of thing!
  • raise: If it was available south of the border, that would raise a hue and cry.
  • reflect: Next, on to Bryce Canyon National Park, where sandstone spires reflect colorful hues from every vista point.

Adjective modifier

  • reddish: In severe cases the entire skin may take on a reddish hue.
  • greenish: Tasting Note: Pale, light straw in color with slight greenish hues.
  • pinkish: A clear and hazy evening with the haze taking on a pinkish hue with the sun low in the sky.
  • rosy: With the rosy hue of hindsight, once the contract was signed the actual project was quite straightforward.
  • somber: Its long body was draped in tights of the same somber hue, surmounted by a leopard's skin.
  • purple: Look on his wounds, look on his purple hue: Do we not find you where the deed was done?

Modifies a noun

  • remapping: Below the hue remapping controls are a group of ' radio buttons ' .
  • angle: An XcmsFailure return value usually indicates that the given chroma is beyond maximum for the given hue angle.
  • circle: But suppose, reasonably enough, that Locke's scenario involved a rotation of the hue circle.

Noun used with modifier

  • rainbow: There are flowers adding rainbow hues to the green backdrop.
  • orange: With a light orange hue, this tea is like no other.
  • autumn: Later in the year, the garden is dramatically transformed by a blaze of autumn hues.
  • gold: This example of the make is from a refill American cask, and has a bright, sparkling gold hue.
  • color: Complementary Colors Created from opposing color hues on the color wheel.
hue Quotes

It was the whiteness of the whale that above all things appalled me†for all these accumulated associations, with whatever is sweet, and honourable, and sublime, there yet lurks an elusive something in the innermost idea of this hue, which strikes more of a panic to the soul than that redness which affrights in blood.

—Melville, Herman

She was a gordian shape of dazzling hue, Vermilion-spotted, golden, green, and blue; Striped like a zebra, freckled like a pard, Eyed like a peacock, and all crimson barr'd. 458

—Keats,John

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