hue

Meaning

1. A color, or shade of color; tint; dye.
2. The characteristic related to the light frequency that appears in the color, for instance red, yellow, green, cyan, blue or magenta.
3. A character; aspect.
4. (obsolete) Form; appearance; guise.

Synonyms

colour

tint

shade

color

tinge

nuance

dye

tone

tincture

chromaticity

paint

colouring

coloring

coloration

cast

touch

colouration

complexion

slant

appearance

pigmentation

undertone

shape

form

ghost

👻

guise

imbue

pigment

trace

key

🔑

inflection

air

flush

reflection

ring

💍

flavour

shading

embroider

dyestuff

spillway

spin

subtlety

dyeing

colour of the skin

colourise

tints

tonality

colour in

colorize

Colo.

chroma

undertow

color in

colorise

colourize

shade of colour

color phase

colour phase

look

note

Pronounced as (IPA)

/hjuː/

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”).