Hue

Hue  (hy-, hw)

A city of central Vietnam near the South China Sea northwest of Da Nang. An ancient Annamese city probably dating from the third century a.d., it was nearly destroyed during heavy fighting in the Vietnam War but has since been rebuilt. Population: 287,000.

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hue  (hy)

n.

1. 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. See Table at color.

2. A particular gradation of color; a shade or tint.

3. Color: all the hues of the rainbow.

4. Appearance; aspect: a man of somber hue.

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[Middle English, color, form, from Old English hw, ho.]

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hue [hjuː]

n

1. (Physics / General Physics) the attribute of colour that enables an observer to classify it as red, green, blue, purple, etc., and excludes white, black, and shades of grey See also colour

2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) a shade of a colour

3. aspect; complexion a different hue on matters

[Old English hīw beauty; related to Old Norse hȳ fine hair, Gothic hiwi form]

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hue  (hy)

The property of colors by which they are seen as ranging from red through orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet, as determined by the dominant wavelength of the light. Compare saturationvalue

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hue

• value, chroma, hue - A color's value is its brightness, its chroma is its strength, and its hue is its position in the spectrum.
• tone - A color variation with more variations than a shade—having to do with the value (brightness) of a hue (position in the spectrum) or its chroma (saturation or purity).
• Munsell - A.H. Munsell was a U.S. painter (1858-1918) who developed a color classification system for chroma (saturation or purity), hue (position in the spectrum), and value (brightness).
• pure color - A color or hue that is unmixed with other hues.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hue - the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength chromaticity color property - an attribute of color
Verb	1.	hue - take on color or become colored; "In highlights it hued to a dull silver-grey" alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" pigment - acquire pigment; become colored or imbued
	2.	hue - suffuse with color imbue color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize, colour - add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film"

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hue

noun

1. colour, tone, shade, dye, tint, tinge, tincture The same hue will look different in different lights.

2. aspect, light, cast, complexion a comeback of such theatrical hue

Translations

hue¹ [hjuː] N (= colour) → color m; (= shade) → matiz m
people of every political hue → gente de todos los matices políticos

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hue² [hjuː] N hue and cry [of protest] → griterío m, clamor m
to raise a hue and cry → levantar protestas
there was a hue and cry after him → se le persiguió enérgicamente

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hue [ˈhjuː]

n

(= colour) → teinte f

hue and cry (= fuss) → tollé m, tollé m général

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hue¹

n (= colour) → Farbe f; (= shade) → Schattierung f; (fig: = political leaning) → Schattierung f, → Färbung f, → Couleur f (geh)

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hue²

n hue and cry → Zeter und Mordio (against gegen); to set up or raise a hue and cry → Zeter und Mordio schreien

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hue [hjuː] n (colour) → colore m, tinta

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hue

n hue [hjuː]

colour flowers of many hues. skakering لَوْن цвят zabarvení farve die Farbe απόχρωση color; matiz värvus رنگ värisävy teinte צֶבָע, גַווָן विविध रंग boja, nijansa (szín)árnyalat warna blær, litbrigði colore, tonalità 色 색조 spalva, atspalvis []krāsa warna kleur fargetone/-nyanse barwa matiz nuanţă оттенок farba, odtieň odtenek boja färgton, nyans สี renk 顏色 відтінок, колір رنگ màu; sắc thái 颜色