About The Word Hue
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Hue
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What's The Definition Of Hue?
[n] the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength
[v] suffuse with color [v] take on color or become colored; "In highlights it hued to a dull silver-grey" Synonyms | Synonyms for Hue: chromaticity | imbue | tinge Related Terms | Find terms related to Hue: 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 | Munsell chroma | 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 See Also | alter | change | color property | complexion | dye | pigment Hue In Webster's Dictionary \Hue\, n. [OE. hew, heow, color, shape, form, AS. hiw, heow;
akin to Sw. hy skin, complexion, Goth. hiwi form,
appearance.]
1. Color or shade of color; tint; dye. ``Flowers of all
hue.'' --Milton.
Hues of the rich unfolding morn. --Keble.
2. (Painting) A predominant shade in a composition of primary
colors; a primary color modified by combination with
others.
\Hue\, n. [OE. hue, huer, to hoot, shout, prob. fr. OF. hu an exclamation.] A shouting or vociferation. {Hue and cry} (Law), a loud outcry with which felons were anciently pursued, and which all who heard it were obliged to take up, joining in the pursuit till the malefactor was taken; in later usage, a written proclamation issued on the escape of a felon from prison, requiring all persons to aid in retaking him. --Burrill. |
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