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hue

Pronunciation: /hjuː/

The English word “hue” has 5 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A color, or shade of color; tint; dye.
  2. The characteristic related to the light frequency that appears in the color, for instance red, yellow, green, cyan, blue or magenta.
  3. Character; aspect.
  4. Form; appearance; guise.
  5. A shout or cry.

Etymology

From Middle English hewe, from Old English hīew (“appearance, form, species, kind; apparition; hue, color; beauty; figure of speech”), from Proto-West Germanic *hiwi, from Proto-Germanic *hiwją (“hue, form, shape, appearance; mildew”), from Proto-Indo-European *kew-, *ḱew- (“skin, colour of the skin”) or *ḱey- (“grey, dark shade”). Cognate with Swedish hy (“complexion, skin”), Norwegian hy…

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