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.

Concepts

hue

colour

tint

shade

color

tinge

nuance

dye

tone

tincture

paint

colouring

chromaticity

coloring

coloration

slant

complexion

cast

appearance

pigmentation

undertone

colouration

touch

guise

pigment

imbue

ghost

trace

form

shape

subtlety

tints

color phase

colour phase

colour of the skin

dyeing

reflection

shading

Colo.

chroma

shade of colour

air

flavour

key

note

ring

spin

undertow

flush

color in

colorise

colorize

colour in

colourise

colourize

embroider

look

inflection

dyestuff

spillway

tonality

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”).