Complete Definition of "hue"

English

Pronunciation
IPA|/hju/
audio|en-us-hue.ogg|Audio (US)

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Etymology
Old English hīew

Noun
hue (plural: hues)

  1. Color or shade of color; tint; dye.

#:livid with the hue of death
#:::— Wikipedia:Mary W. Shelley|Mary W. Shelley

  1. Character; aspect.
  2. The characteristic related to the light frequency that appears in the color; It can be, from lower to higher wave frequencies, respectively: red, yellow, green, Cyan or blue. In digital arts, in HSV color, it's used together with saturation and value.

Translations

Finnish: värisävy(1), vivahde(1), väri(1)
French: nuance f
Gilbertese: mata
mid
Norwegian: fargetone
Portuguese: matiz f, tonalidade f
Spanish: matiz m, tonalidad f


Danish

Noun
hue

  1. cap

Category:Danish nouns


Hawaiian

Etymology
Common Polynesian

Noun
haw-noun

  1. gourd

Maori

Noun
hue

  1. gourd (plant)

Category:Maori language


Norwegian

Noun
hue

  1. cap
  2. head (dialect)

Category:Norwegian nouns

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zh:hue

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