hue

noun \ˈhyü\

: a color or a shade of a color

: kind or type

Full Definition of HUE

: complexion, aspect <political parties of every hue — Louis Wasserman>

a : color

b : gradation of color

c : the attribute of colors that permits them to be classed as red, yellow, green, blue, or an intermediate between any contiguous pair of these colors — compare brightness 2, lightness 2, saturation 4

See hue defined for English-language learners

See hue defined for kids

Origin of HUE

Middle English hewe, from Old English hīw; akin to Old Norse hȳ plant down, Gothic hiwi form

First Known Use: before 12th century

Related to HUE

Synonyms: cast, color, shade, tincture, tinge, tint, tone

Other Color Terms

argentine, cerise, cerulean, cyan, ocher, perse, puce, taupe, vermilion

Rhymes with HUE

blue, boo, brew, chew, clew, clue, coo, coup, crew, cue, dew, do, doux, due, ewe, few, flu, flue, fou, glue, gnu, goo, hew, Jew, Koo, lieu, loo, mew, moo, moue, mu, new, nu, ooh, pew, phew, pooh, q, queue, roux, rue, screw, shoe, shoo, shrew, Sioux, skew, slew, slough, slue, smew, sou, sous, spew, sprue, stew, strew, sue, Sue, thew, through, to, too, true, two, u, view, whew, who, woo, xu, yew, you, zoo

Hue

geographical name \ˈhwā, ˈwā, hü-ˈā, hyü-ˈā\

Definition of HUE

city & port cen Vietnam in Annam; formerly ∗ of Annam pop 211,718

Variants of HUE

Hue or French Hué \ˈhwā, ˈwā, hü-ˈā, hyü-ˈā\

Rhymes with HUE

a, ae, bay, bey, blae, brae, bray, chez, clay, Cray, day, dey, dray, eh, fay, fey, flay, fley, frae, fray, Frey, gay, Gay, gey, gley, gray, hay, he, hey, j, jay, Jay, k, kay, Kay, lay, lei, may, nay, né, née, neigh, Ney, pay, pe, play, pray, prey, qua, quai, quay, Rae, ray, re, say, shay, slay, sleigh, spae, spay, Spey, splay, spray, stay, stray, sway, Tay, they, tray, trey, way, weigh, whey, yea

HUE Defined for Kids

hue

noun \ˈhyü\

Definition of HUE for Kids

: ¹color 1 <Flowers of every hue blossomed.>

: a shade of a color <I decorated my bedroom in hues of blue.>

Medical Dictionary

hue

noun \ˈhyü\

Medical Definition of HUE

: the one of the three psychological dimensions of color perception that permits them to be classified as red, yellow, green, blue, or an intermediate between any contiguous pair of these colors and that is correlated with the wavelength or the combination of wavelengths comprising the stimulus—compare brightness, saturation 4a