Hue
noun
A color or a shade of a color.
The hue of the sky at sunset was a beautiful blend of pink and orange.
Often appears as...
- various hues
- hue of color
noun
The characteristic or dominant quality that makes something recognizable or distinctive.
His speech had a hue of discontent and anger.
Often appears as...
- hue of emotion
- hue of characteristics
noun
The form or appearance of someone or something.
The dark hue of the forest was somewhat daunting.
Often appears as...
- hue of darkness
- hue of appearance
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Literary
noun
A color or a shade of a color.
The hue of the sky at sunset was a beautiful blend of pink and orange.
Often appears as...
- various hues
- hue of color
noun
The characteristic or dominant quality that makes something recognizable or distinctive.
His speech had a hue of discontent and anger.
Often appears as...
- hue of emotion
- hue of characteristics
noun
The form or appearance of someone or something.
The dark hue of the forest was somewhat daunting.
Often appears as...
- hue of darkness
- hue of appearance
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Literary
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Sensory Detail
Use 'hue' to describe scenes vividly, making the reader imagine the color.
The artist captured the hue of the blooming garden perfectly.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Connection
'Hue' can evoke emotions, like warmth or cold, based on the color described.
The warm hue of the fireplace made the room cozy.
Pro Tip 3/3Precise Colors
'Hue' helps specify exact colors when general color words aren't enough.
She preferred a sky-blue hue to her dress, not just any blue.
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What is an aurora? -...
they get excited and emit photons. Photons are small bursts of energy in the form of light. The colors that appear in the sky depend on the wavelength of the atom's photon. Excited oxygen atoms are responsible for the green and red colors, whereas excited nitrogen atoms produce blue and deep red hues. The collection of these interactions
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How exactly does binary...
that determines the intensity of that particular color. Then, a video driver program transmits this information to the millions of liquid crystals in your screen to make all the different hues you see now. The sound in this video is also stored in binary, with the help of a technique called pulse code modulation.
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Enthusiasm and design PIPE...
different hue chua lee is running china so in this case we're looking at the social view where we can see the connections between different people we're trying to frame the idea of how social power begins with family in this case and understanding how those those family ties can lead to later influences
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Grizzly Bear Gets Too...
well sometimes you get it completely right and all the times you fail dismal and this is definitely a fighter we didn't get enough rain in the night obviously to turn this rocky cascade into a float deep enough to an hour the thousands of sockeye salmon which you can see this pink hue to actually move
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Beautiful Footage:...
thereby changes the hue or the color of the chameleons now chameleons have always been considered a master of camouflage and some of that is actually behavioral when chameleons are moving in the branches or moving along the ground they do a very characteristic back and forth motion and
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How to see more and care...
her creative process was based on ritual and close observation. She paid meticulous attention to small details, and spent hours mixing paints to create exactly the right colors. When she found the perfect hue, she’d record it in her ever-growing collection of handmade color cards.
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Rajesh Rao: Computing a...
occupy the middle range. Now what about the Indus script? We found that the Indus script actually falls within the range of the linguistic scripts. When this result was first published, it was highly controversial. There were people who raised a hue and cry,
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Is fire a solid, a...
form little clumps of soot that rise into the flames and emit the yellow-orange light we associate with a campfire. Substances like copper, calcium chloride, and potassium chloride can add their own characteristic hues to the mix.
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What is the rarest color...
Every color you see in front of you can be found in nature. Some plant, animal, or mineral bears almost every hue imaginable. But which of these colors are you least likely to see in the natural world?
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Earthrise: The Story of...
experience the the total immersion in the heavens the earth was the only thing in the entire universe of all this inky black void the earth was there with a beautiful blue hue to it the blue marble
Video examples
What is an aurora? -...
they get excited and emit photons. Photons are small bursts of energy in the form of light. The colors that appear in the sky depend on the wavelength of the atom's photon. Excited oxygen atoms are responsible for the green and red colors, whereas excited nitrogen atoms produce blue and deep red hues. The collection of these interactions
Video examples
How exactly does binary...
that determines the intensity of that particular color. Then, a video driver program transmits this information to the millions of liquid crystals in your screen to make all the different hues you see now. The sound in this video is also stored in binary, with the help of a technique called pulse code modulation.
Video examples
Enthusiasm and design PIPE...
different hue chua lee is running china so in this case we're looking at the social view where we can see the connections between different people we're trying to frame the idea of how social power begins with family in this case and understanding how those those family ties can lead to later influences
Video examples
Grizzly Bear Gets Too...
well sometimes you get it completely right and all the times you fail dismal and this is definitely a fighter we didn't get enough rain in the night obviously to turn this rocky cascade into a float deep enough to an hour the thousands of sockeye salmon which you can see this pink hue to actually move
Video examples
Beautiful Footage:...
thereby changes the hue or the color of the chameleons now chameleons have always been considered a master of camouflage and some of that is actually behavioral when chameleons are moving in the branches or moving along the ground they do a very characteristic back and forth motion and
Video examples
How to see more and care...
her creative process was based on ritual and close observation. She paid meticulous attention to small details, and spent hours mixing paints to create exactly the right colors. When she found the perfect hue, she’d record it in her ever-growing collection of handmade color cards.
Video examples
Rajesh Rao: Computing a...
occupy the middle range. Now what about the Indus script? We found that the Indus script actually falls within the range of the linguistic scripts. When this result was first published, it was highly controversial. There were people who raised a hue and cry,
Video examples
Is fire a solid, a...
form little clumps of soot that rise into the flames and emit the yellow-orange light we associate with a campfire. Substances like copper, calcium chloride, and potassium chloride can add their own characteristic hues to the mix.
Video examples
What is the rarest color...
Every color you see in front of you can be found in nature. Some plant, animal, or mineral bears almost every hue imaginable. But which of these colors are you least likely to see in the natural world?
Video examples
Earthrise: The Story of...
experience the the total immersion in the heavens the earth was the only thing in the entire universe of all this inky black void the earth was there with a beautiful blue hue to it the blue marble
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Quote examples
Orison Swett Marden
American Writer
One can make no better investment than the cultivation of a taste for the beautiful, for it will bring rainbow hues and enduring joys to the whole life. It will not only greatly increase one's capacity for happiness, but also one's efficiency.
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William Merritt Chase
American Artist
You must try to match your colors as nearly as you can to those you see before you, and you must study the effects of light and shade on nature's own hues and tints.
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Saqib Saleem
Indian Actor
In my first film, I kissed a girl and nobody said anything on that. Now in my third film, I kissed a guy and the media has made a hue and cry about it.
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John Locke
English Philosopher
We are like chameleons, we take our hue and the color of our moral character, from those who are around us.
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Frederick Douglass
American Author
A man's character always takes its hue, more or less, from the form and color of things about him.
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Adrian Dunbar
Irish Actor
There are so many police series that we all end up playing a cop of one hue or another eventually.
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Viggo Mortensen
American Actor
In a movie, you're raw material, just a hue of some color and the director makes the painting.
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W. H. Davies
Welsh Poet
It was the rainbow gave thee birth, and left thee all her lovely hues.
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Dimple Kapadia
Indian Actress
I love seeing colours of various hues; they simply fascinate me.
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Josh Allen
American Athlete
Hue Jackson is a great guy.
Quote examples
Orison Swett Marden
American Writer
One can make no better investment than the cultivation of a taste for the beautiful, for it will bring rainbow hues and enduring joys to the whole life. It will not only greatly increase one's capacity for happiness, but also one's efficiency.
Quote examples
William Merritt Chase
American Artist
You must try to match your colors as nearly as you can to those you see before you, and you must study the effects of light and shade on nature's own hues and tints.
Quote examples
Saqib Saleem
Indian Actor
In my first film, I kissed a girl and nobody said anything on that. Now in my third film, I kissed a guy and the media has made a hue and cry about it.
Quote examples
John Locke
English Philosopher
We are like chameleons, we take our hue and the color of our moral character, from those who are around us.
Quote examples
Frederick Douglass
American Author
A man's character always takes its hue, more or less, from the form and color of things about him.
Quote examples
Adrian Dunbar
Irish Actor
There are so many police series that we all end up playing a cop of one hue or another eventually.
Quote examples
Viggo Mortensen
American Actor
In a movie, you're raw material, just a hue of some color and the director makes the painting.
Quote examples
W. H. Davies
Welsh Poet
It was the rainbow gave thee birth, and left thee all her lovely hues.
Quote examples
Dimple Kapadia
Indian Actress
I love seeing colours of various hues; they simply fascinate me.
Quote examples
Josh Allen
American Athlete
Hue Jackson is a great guy.
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