hue en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- [ç(j)u̟ː] (Received-Pronunciation)
- /hju/ (Canada, US)
- [ç(j)ʉː] (Northern-Ireland, Scotland)
- (US) audio
- /hjʉw/ (British, Southern, Standard)
- /hjuː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /hjʉ/ (Northern-Ireland, Scotland)
- [ç(j)ʉw] (British, Southern, Standard)
- [ç(j)u̟] (Canada, US)
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 (“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”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A color, or shade of color; tint; dye.
A great chocolate-coloured pall lowered over heaven, but the wind was continually charging and routing these embattled vapours; so that as the cab crawled from street to street, Mr. Utterson beheld a marvellous number of degrees and hues of twilight; for here it would be dark like the back-end of evening; and there would be a glow of a rich, lurid brown, like the light of some strange conflagration; and here, for a moment, the fog would be quite broken up, and a haggard shaft of daylight would glance in between the swirling wreaths.
1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Carew Murder Case”, in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, pages 39–40:
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(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.
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(countable, figuratively, uncountable) Character; aspect.
This puts a completely different hue on the matter.
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Form; appearance; guise.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hew | alternative | lexicographic | |
| hues | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
behue · hueing · huesome · underhue · hueless · hueful · hued
Translations (84)
fi sävy (the characteristic related to the light frequency that appears in the color) · it colorito (character; aspect) · ca to (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · ca matís (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · es matiz (the characteristic related to the light frequency that appears in the color) · oc tinta (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · no nyanse (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · ja 色調 (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · el χροιά (character; aspect) · bg нюанс (character; aspect) · cmn 色彩 (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · he גוון (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · nl voorkomen (character; aspect) · nb kulør (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · fa فام (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · bg оттенък (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · nl aanblik (character; aspect) · la color (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · it colore (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · lt atspalvis (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · fi sävy (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · fi värisävy (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · ru отте́нок (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · sv kulör färgnyans (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · cmn 色調 /色调 (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · ru отте́нок (the characteristic related to the light frequency that appears in the color) · es matiz (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · da afskygning (character; aspect) · ca to (character; aspect) · fr teinte (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · oc tint (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · es matiz (character; aspect) · it tonalità (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · nl kleurschakering (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · pt nuance (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · fi vivahde (character; aspect) · da skær (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · sa रङ्ग (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · fi väri (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · cy gne (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · eo kolornuanco (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · ca to (the characteristic related to the light frequency that appears in the color) · it tratteggio (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · pt tom (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · oc matís (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · nn let (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · da farvetone (the characteristic related to the light frequency that appears in the color) · it sfumatura (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · fi värisävy (the characteristic related to the light frequency that appears in the color) · is farfi (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · fr nuance (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · el απόχρωση (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · pt matiz (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · fi häivähdys (character; aspect) · nn kulør (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · tr ton (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · ca matís (the characteristic related to the light frequency that appears in the color) · fi väri (the characteristic related to the light frequency that appears in the color) · de Farbton (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · eo nuanco de koloro (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · uk відті́нок (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · da farve (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · nl schakering (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · is litblær (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · da kulør (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · it tinta (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · nl tint (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · bg нюанс (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · el χροιά (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · ang hīew (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · pt nuança (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · oc tench (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · pl odcień (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · no farve (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · cy gwawr (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · it colorazione (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · pt tonalidade (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · is litur (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · it ombreggiatura (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · ja 色彩 (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · oc tencha (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · gl tonalidade (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · hu árnyalat (color or shade of color; tint; dye) · hu színárnyalat (color or shade of color; tint; dye)