noun · countable / uncountable · rare

hue

hue · hues

відтінок

оттенок

Farbton

A color, or shade of colorA color, or shade of color; tint; dye.

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UK/hjuː/US/hju/

» The cherry wood had a deep red hue.

Meaning

5 senses

(countable, uncountable)A color, or shade of color; tint; dye.
Farbton
отте́нокotténok
відті́нокvidtínok
(countable, uncountable)The characteristic related to the light frequency that appears in the color, for instance red, yellow, green, cyan, blue or magenta.
In digital arts, HSV color uses hue together with saturation and value.
отте́нокotténok
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)Character; aspect.
This puts a completely different hue on the matter.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Form; appearance; guise.
(obsolete)A shout or cry.

More definitions

the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength

Examples

20 sentences

The cherry wood had a deep red hue.
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The leaves are taking on a golden yellow hue.
ruЛистья приобретают золотисто-жёлтый оттенок. — marafon
deDie Blätter färben sich goldgelb. — lilygilder
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She painted her room walls a deep black hue.
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The cat's fur shimmered with a deep ebony hue.
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Her dresses show most of the hues of the rainbow.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

color or shade of color; tint; dye:

Русский

By meaning 1

color or shade of color; tint; dye:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

color or shade of color; tint; dye:

Origin

From Middle English hewe, from Old English hīew (“appearance, form, species, kind; apparit

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 (“fluff, mold, skin”), Icelandic hégómi (“vanity”), Gothic 𐌷𐌹𐍅𐌹 (hiwi, “form, show, appearance”). Compare also Sanskrit छवि (chavi, “cuticle, skin, hide; beauty, splendour”); Irish ceo (“fog”), Tocharian B kwele (“black, dark grey”), Lithuanian šývas (“light grey”), Albanian thinjë (“grey”), Sanskrit श्याव (śyāvá, “brown”).

From Old French hu or Old French heu, a hunting cry.

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