First Known Use: before 12th century
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hue
noun \ˈhyü\
: a color or a shade of a color
: kind or type
Full Definition of HUE
1
: complexion, aspect <political parties of every hue — Louis Wasserman>
2
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
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Origin of HUE
Middle English hewe, from Old English hīw; akin to Old Norse hȳ plant down, Gothic hiwi form
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
1
: 1color 1 <Flowers of every hue blossomed.>
2
: 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
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