Hue

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  • noun. The property of colors by which they can be perceived as ranging from red through yellow, green, and blue, as determined by the dominant wavelength of the light.
  • noun. A particular gradation of color; a shade or tint.
  • noun. Color.
  • noun. Appearance; aspect.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Form; appearance; guise.
  • noun. Color; specifically and technically, distinctive quality of color in an object or on a surface; the respect in which red, yellow, green, blue, etc., differ one from another; that in which colors of equal luminosity and chroma may differ.
  • noun. In painting, a compound color in which one of the primaries predominates, as the various grays, which are composed of the three primary colors in unequal proportion.
  • noun. A cry; a shout; loud shouting of many voices, as in pursuit of game or of a fugitive: now used only in the phrase hue and cry.
  • noun. In English practice, a written proclamation issued on the escape of a felon from prison, requiring officers and all other people to assist in retaking him. A general outcry or alarm; a great stir or clamor made about any matter.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Color or shade of color; tint; dye.
  • noun. A predominant shade in a composition of primary colors; a primary color modified by combination with others.
  • noun. A shouting or vociferation.
  • noun. a loud outcry with which felons were anciently pursued, and which all who heard it were obliged to take up, joining in the pursuit till the malefactor was taken; in later usage, a written proclamation issued on the escape of a felon from prison, requiring all persons to aid in retaking him.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A shout or cry.
  • noun. Form; appearance; guise.
  • noun. A color, or shade of color, blee; tint; dye.
  • noun. The characteristic related to the light frequency that appears in the color, for instance red, yellow, green, cyan, blue or magenta.
  • noun. A character; aspect, blee.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. take on color or become colored
  • verb. suffuse with color
  • noun. the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength
  • Word Usage
    "IV. ii.99 (462,8) Coal-black is better than another hue,/In that it seems to bear another hue] We may better read, _In that it_ scorns _to bear another hue_."
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    hue and cry  hued  
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    Baku  Blue  Cebu  Chengdu  Chou  
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    beauty  bloom  blue  color  coloring  
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