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/hjʉː/ · h·ue
noun
- A color, or shade of color; tint; dye. The artist carefully selected a range of hues to create the sunset painting.
- 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 to create a wide range of colors.
- A character; aspect. Her kind hue towards the lost puppy earned her many friends in the neighborhood.
Did you know? The word 'hue' is often used in art and design to describe the emotional or aesthetic quality of a color, rather than just its physical properties.