Hue Definition

hyo͝o
hues
noun
hues
The property of colors by which they can be perceived as ranging from red through yellow, green, and blue, as determined by the dominant wavelength of the light.
American Heritage
Color; esp., the distinctive characteristics of a given color that enable it to be assigned a position in the spectrum.
Webster's New World
A particular shade or tint of a given color.
Webster's New World
General appearance; aspect.
Webster's New World
Color.
All the hues of the rainbow.
American Heritage
idiom
hue and cry
  • any loud outcry or clamor
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Hue

Noun

Singular:
hue
Plural:
hues

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Origin of Hue

  • From Middle English hewe, from Old English hīew, hīw (“appearance, form, species, kind; apparition; hue, color; beauty; figure of speech”), from Proto-Germanic *hiwją (“hue, form, shape, appearance; mildew”), from Proto-Indo-European *kew-, *ḱew- (“skin, colour of the skin”) or Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (“grey, dark shade”). Cognate with Swedish hy (“complexion, skin”), Norwegian hy (“fluff, mold, skin”), Icelandic hégóma (“vanity”), Gothic [script?] (hiwi, “form, show, appearance”). Compare also Sanskrit [script?] (chavī, “cuticle, skin, hide; beauty, splendour”); Irish céo (“fog”), Tocharian B black, dark grey (kwele), Lithuanian šývas (“light grey”), Albanian thinjë (“grey”), Sanskrit [script?] (śyāvá, “brown”). [Devanagari?]

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English color, form from Old English hīw, hēo

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French hu, a hunting cry

    From Wiktionary

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