Noun: hue hyoo
- The quality of a colour as determined by its dominant wavelength
"The hue of the light source affected the appearance of the artwork";
- chromaticity
- Take on colour or become coloured
"In highlights it hued to a dull silver-grey"
- Suffuse with colour
"The sunset imbued the sky with vibrant hues"; "The artist hued the canvas with soft pastels";
- imbue
Derived forms: huing, hued, hues
See also: achromatic, chromatic, neutral
Type of: alter, change, color [US], color in [US], color property [US], colorise [Brit], colorize [US], colour [Brit, Cdn], colour in [Brit, Cdn], colour property [Brit, Cdn], colourise [Brit], colourize [Brit, Cdn], modify
Encyclopedia: Hue, Vietnam