Definitions for Hue

Hue hue

Spelling: [hyoo or, often, yoo]
IPA: /hyu or, often, yu/

Hue is a 3 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 9 anagrams from letters in Hue (ehu).

Definitions for Hue

noun

  1. a gradation or variety of a color; tint:
  2. the property of light by which the color of an object is classified as red, blue, green, or yellow in reference to the spectrum.
  3. color:
  4. form or appearance.
  5. complexion.
  6. outcry, as of pursuers; clamor.
  7. a seaport in central Vietnam: former capital of Annam.

Origin of Hue

before 900; Middle English hewe, Old English hīw form, appearance, color; cognate with Old Norse hȳ bird's down, Swedish hy skin, complexion, Gothic hiwi form, appearance; akin to Old Englis

Examples for Hue

The entire place, indeed, was corroded, tinged with the hue of old gold.

The lamplight imparted the hue of yellow wax to their pale faces.

This was a madcap game, the ball hurtling from end to end, chased by tired legs of every hue.

For, if he could get shelter for three days, the hue and cry would subside.

Sam Gilliam works with form and hue, but we always see history in it.

Not that mine is altogether a chameleon spirit, with no hue of its own.

Does Blackness, as a social color, change the hue of all the other colors it touches?

Her pin-up curls may have been envy-worthy, but it was the bleach blond, almost snow white, hue of her hair that become iconic.

His face was smooth, full and florid, the hue rather suggestive.

The walls are painted a solemn Bordeaux hue to let the garments resonate all the more boldly.

Word Value for Hue
Scrable

6

Words with friends

6

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