hue
Meaning
- (countable, uncountable) A color, or shade of color; tint; dye.
- (countable, uncountable) The characteristic related to the light frequency that appears in the color, for instance red, yellow, green, cyan, blue or magenta.
- (countable, figuratively, uncountable) A character; aspect.
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Form; appearance; guise.
Synonyms
Translations
teinte
matiz
Farbton
matiz
tint
coloreFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/hjuː/
Etymology
In summary
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”).
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