Hue

Definition: Hue

Hue

Noun

1. The quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength.

Verb

1. Take on color or become colored; "In highlights it hued to a dull silver-grey".

2. Suffuse with color.

Date "hue" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Etymology: Hue \Hue\, noun. [Old English hue, huer, to hoot, shout, probably from Old French hu an exclamation.]. (references)

Domain	Definition
Computing	Hue (Or "tint") The coordinate in the HSB colour model that determines the frequency of light or the position in the spectrum or the relative amounts of red, green and blue. Hue corresponds to the common definition of colour, e.g. "red", "orange", "violet" etc. The other coordinates are saturation and brightness. (1999-07-05). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Geography	A measure of the chromatic composition of light that reaches the eye. Source: European Union. (references)
Medicine	An attribute of visual sensation, which has given rise to colour names, such as blue, green, yellow, red, purple, etc. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Hue

Synonyms: chromaticity (n), imbue (v), tinge (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Alarm	Noun: alarm; alarum, larum, alarm bell, tocsin, alerts, beat of drum, sound of trumpet, note of alarm, hue and cry, fire cross, signal of distress; blue lights; war-cry, war-whoop; warning; fogsignal, foghorn; yellow flag; danger signal; red light, red flag; fire bell; police whistle.
Disapprobation	Clamor, outcry, hue and cry; hiss, hissing; sibilance, sibilation, catcall; execration.
	Accuse; impeach, denounce; hold up to reprobation, hold up to execration; expose, brand, gibbet, stigmatize; show up, pull up, take up; cry "shame" upon; be outspoken; raise a hue and cry against.
Hell	Phrase: dies irae dies illa; "the hue of dungeons and the scowl of night".
Publication	Raise a cry, raise a hue and cry, raise a report; set news afloat.
	Noun: publication; public announcement; promulgation, propagation, proclamation, pronunziamento; circulation, indiction, edition; hue and cry.
Pursuit	Noun: pursuit; pursuing; Verb: prosecution; pursuance; enterprise; (undertaking); business; adventure; (essay); quest; (search); scramble, hue and cry, game; hobby; still-hunt.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Lyrics	Colors changing hue (Vincent; performing artist: Don McLean)
Movie/TV Titles	Hue and Cry (1947)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Fire in the Streets: The Battle for Hue, Tet 1968 (reference) Hue and Cry (reference) Hue and Cry: Short Stories. (reference) Hue Boy (Picture Puffins) (reference) Watercolor Mixing: Twelve Hue Method: Getting the Wow Effect in your Paintings (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Music from Lost Kingdom: Hue Vietnam (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	This photo taken in a lab is backlit with a rack of test tubes in the foreground. In the background is a profile of a technician holding up a test tube. The background has a green hue. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).		A close up view of quahogs after being harvested. The shells are covered in mud but still display a beautiful rich hue. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.
	Plant physiologist Krista Shellie takes color reading from CA-treated mangos. Circled areas allow researchers to measure fruit color, hue and intensity at the same spot before and after treatment. Credit: USDA ARS News.		Three Annamite mandarins in ceremonial attire and man behind them holding parasol, Hue, Annam. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Cien millones de pesetas en hue vos se importan anualmente del extranjero. Fomentad la auicultuia y disminuireis la importacion. Credit: Library of Congress.		Remember Hue. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Black is better than another hue, in that it scorns to bear another hue. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Author	Quotation
John Locke	We are like chameleons, we take our hue and the color of our moral character, from those who are around us.
W. T. Bacon	All our actions take their hue from the complexion of the heart, as landscapes do their variety from light.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	The sky had that charming undecided hue, which is perhaps white, and perhaps blue
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	Vice and disease, which cast such a sombre moral hue over the world, seemed to have hardly any existance for him.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Civil Liberties	Vietnam	Buddhist monk Thich Thai Hoa in Hue, for example, has been refused permission to travel outside the country on several occasions. (references)
	Vietnam	On October 19, the Thua Thien Hue Provincial People's Court convicted Catholic Father Nguyen Van Ly and sentenced him to 15 years in prison--2 years for disobeying the "administrative probation" he was given in February after he submitted written testimony that was highly critical of the Government for its continued restrictions on the Catholic Church and other religions to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, and 13 years for damaging the Government's unity policy. (references)
Human Rights	Vietnam	Among the many others believed to be imprisoned at year's end for peaceful political and religious activities are political activist Nguyen Dinh Huy, journalist Pham Thai, and religious persons Truong Van Thuc, Nguyen Chau Lan, Le Van Nhuom, Vo Van Buu, Ha Hai, Nguyen Duy Tam, Le Minh Triet, Le Van Tinh, Le Van Son, Nguyen Van Dau, Thich Nhu Dat, Thich Hai Tang, Thich Phuc Vien, Thich Thien Minh, Thich Tien Tan, Thich Hue Dang, Thich Thanh Tinh, Thich Tri Tuu, Pham Minh Tri, Nguyen Thien Phung, Nguyen Minh Bao, Nguyen Van Ly, and Ly A Cho. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	LORD, n. In American society, an English tourist above the state of a costermonger, as, lord 'Aberdasher, Lord Hartisan and so forth. The traveling Briton of lesser degree is addressed as "Sir," as, Sir 'Arry Donkiboi, or 'Amstead 'Eath. The word "Lord" is sometimes used, also, as a title of the Supreme Being; but this is thought to be rather flattery than true reverence. Miss Sallie Ann Splurge, of her own accord, Wedded a wandering English lord -- Wedded and took him to dwell with her "paw," A parent who throve by the practice of Draw. Lord Cadde I don't hesitate to declare Unworthy the father-in-legal care Of that elderly sport, notwithstanding the truth That Cadde had renounced all the follies of youth; For, sad to relate, he'd arrived at the stage Of existence that's marked by the vices of age. Among them, cupidity caused him to urge Repeated demands on the pocket of Splurge, Till, wrecked in his fortune, that gentleman saw Inadequate aid in the practice of Draw, And took, as a means of augmenting his pelf, To the business of being a lord himself. His neat-fitting garments he wilfully shed And sacked himself strangely in checks instead; Denuded his chin, but retained at each ear A whisker that looked like a blasted career. He painted his neck an incarnadine hue Each morning and varnished it all that he knew. The moony monocular set in his eye Appeared to be scanning the Sweet Bye-and-Bye. His head was enroofed with a billycock hat, And his low-necked shoes were aduncous and flat. In speech he eschewed his American ways, Denying his nose to the use of his A's And dulling their edge till the delicate sense Of a babe at their temper could take no offence. His H's -- 'twas most inexpressibly sweet, The patter they made as they fell at his feet! Re-outfitted thus, Mr. Splurge without fear Began as Lord Splurge his recouping career. Alas, the Divinity shaping his end Entertained other views and decided to send His lordship in horror, despair and dismay From the land of the nobleman's natural prey. For, smit with his Old World ways, Lady Cadde Fell -- suffering Caesar! -- in love with her dad! G.J.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Richard Nixon	1969-1974	We saw a prelude of what would happen in South Vietnam when the Communists entered the city of Hue last year.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Hue" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 92.68% of the time. "Hue" is used about 205 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	92.68%	190	22,288
Noun (proper)	5.85%	12	101,599
Lexical Verb (base form)	1.46%	3	202,518
Total	100.00%	205	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "hue" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Hue	First name Female	1,000	3,385
Hue	Last name	130	56,611
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Expressions using "hue": hue and cry ♦ hue control ♦ pursue with hue ♦ raise a hue and cry ♦ raise a hue and cry against. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "hue": hue-dell-oty, Hue-williams.
	Containing "hue": Turske-hue-williams.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "hue"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		skakering (nuance, shade, tint). (various references)

Albanian		ngjyrim (coloration, colouration, connotation, dyeing, nuance, overtone, shade, tincture, tinge, tint), ngjyrë (color, colour, dye, paint, tint), e thirrur, britmë (call, clamor, clamour, cry, ejaculation, howl, note, outcry, scream, screech, shout, shouting, shriek, squall, yell). (various references)

Arabic		‏فارق في الألوان, ‏مسحة (bit, shade, smack, streak, suggestion, tang, tinge, tint, touch, trace), ‏تعدد الألوان, ‏درجة لون. (various references)

Bulgarian		цвят (bloom, blossom, blow, color, coloring, colour, colouring, flower, inflorescence, pick, suit, tint, tone), врява (ado, clamor, clamour, din, discord, fracas, fuss, hubbub, hurly burly, kick up, noise, noisiness, outcry, pandemonium, pother, racket, row, ruckus, rumpus, shine, to-do, tumult, uproar), викане (roar, vociferation), оттенък (overtone, savor, savour, spice, strain, tincture, tinge, touch, undertone). (various references)

Chinese		色調 , 颜色 (Color, colors, colour, colours). (various references)

Czech		odstín (nuance, shade, tincture, tinge), barva (color, colour, dye, paint, suit). (various references)

Danish		farvetone (SHADE, tint, tone). (various references)

Dutch		tint (complexion, dye). (various references)

Esperanto		nuanco (nuance, shade, tint), kolornuanco (dye). (various references)

Farsi		منظر (Appearance, Aspect, Face, Image, Leer, Phantom, Phase, Spectrum, Visage, Wraith), هیلت (Astronomy, Attitude, Commission, Configuration, Corps, Panel, Physique, Staff), نما (Air, Diagram, Front, Index, Louver, Surface, Visage), چرده (Complexion), تصویر (Form, Image, Likeness, Picture, Portrait, Scenography, Vignette), صورت (Aspect, Effigy, Face, Figure, Invoice, List, Medal, Phase, Roll, Roster, Schedule, Shape, Sign, Visage), رنگ (Colony, Complexion, Dye, Grain, Indigo, Paint, Shade, Speckle, Tint, Tune), ظاهر (Apparent, Appearance, Aspect, External, Face, Garb, Guise, Habit, Look, Mien, Ostensible, Outside, Rind, Surface), شکل (Configuration, Figure, Form, Gravure, Image, Likeness, Medal, Rank, Schema, Shape, Vignette). (various references)

Finnish		värivivahdus (shade, tinge, tint), värisävy (colour shade, tint), väri (colour, colouring, dye, paint, suit, tint). (various references)

French		teinte, nuance. (various references)

German		Schattierung (nuance, shade, shading, tint, tone), Geschrei (clamor, clamour, fuss, howling, screaming, screams, shouting, shouts, shrieking, shrieks, vociferation, wail, yelling, yells), farbton (shade, tint). (various references)

Greek		απόχρωση (nuance, shading, tinge, tint). (various references)

Hebrew		גון (color, colour, complexion, nuance, shade, timbre, tinge, tint, tone), צבע (color, colour, dye, paint, tincture, tint). (various references)

Hungarian		színárnyalat (cast, dye, shade, tincture, tint, tone). (various references)

Indonesian		warna (colour, tinge, tint), corak warna, corak (color, complexion, design, feature, motif, pattern, type). (various references)

Italian		hue, tono di colore, tinta (color, colour, dye, paint, shade, tint), grido (bawl, call, cry, exclamation, hail, hollo, holloa, hoop, hoot, outcry, scream, shout, squall, whoop), colore (color, colour, dye, paint, pigment, tint), clamore (clamor, clamour, hullabaloo, noise, outcry, razzmatazz, splatterdash). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		色彩 (colour, tints). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		しきそう (color phase), しきさい (colour, tints), いろあい (tinge, tint). (various references)

Korean		색상. (various references)

Manx		daah (colour, colouration, dye, paint, pigment, scorch, singe, stain, suit, tincture), cullyr (colour, dye). (various references)

Norwegian		farge (colour, dye), anstrøk. (various references)

Pig Latin		uehay.(various references)

Portuguese		matiz (cast, iris, nuance, shade, tinge, tint, turn-up). (various references)

Romanian		urmãrire a unui hoţ, tentã (shade, tinge, tint), strigãt de atac, strigãt (bawl, call, calling, cry, ejaculation, halloo, hoop, hoot, outcry, roar, roaring, scream, shout, shriek, squall, yell), nuanţã de culoare, nuanţã (cast, color, colour, key, nuance, savor, savour, shade, shadow, tincture, tinge, tint, tone, touch), culoare (color, colour, colouring, dye, flush, relief, straight, tincture, tinge, tint), colorit (cast, color, colour, colouring, shade), chiot (shout, shriek, yelling). (various references)

Russian		цвет (bloom, blossom, blow, color, colour, dye, flower), шум (bluster, bobbery, bruit, charivari, chirm, clamor, clamour, clash, clutter, din, dust-up, friction, hubbub, hue and cry, hullabaloo, kick up, kick-up, murmur, noise, noisiness, pother, racket, racquet, rough house, row, ruckus, rumpus, shindy, sound, turmoil, turnup, uproar, whir, whirr). (various references)

Scottish		tuar (appearance, colour, food), snuadh (colour; complexion), neul (cloud, swoon), lìth (colour, tinge), fiamh (a trace, aspect, awe, reverence, tinge). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		hajka (battue, chase, chevy, hunt), nijansa (contrast, nuance, shade, tint, tone), dreka (bawl, rant, squall, vociferation), boja (color, colour, dye, marking, paint, pigment, stain, suit, tincture, tint). (various references)

Spanish		tono (intonation, key, pitch, ring, shade, tone), tinte extraído, tinte (can of paint, dry-cleaner, dye, dyeing, dyestuff, tinge, tint), matiz (nuance, overtone, shade, tail, tinge, tint, tone), color fundamental, color (color, colour, dye, flush, tail, tint). (various references)

Swedish		färgton (key, tinge, tint, tonality, tone). (various references)

Thai		การร้องตีโพยตีพาย. (various references)

Turkish		renk (color, coloring, colour, colouring, complexion, dye, flush, tincture, tint). (various references)

Ukrainian		різновидність (diversity), колір (color, colour, dye), відтінок (nuance, savor, savour, tinct, tincture, undertone), забарвлювати (color, colour). (various references)

Vietnamese		màu sắc, $to pursue with hue and cry$ kêu la đuổi bắt, $hue and cry$ tiếng kêu la. (various references)

Welsh		lliw (colour, dye), gwawr (bloom, dawn, daybreak, nuance), gne, eiliw (appearance, glimmer, image). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Old French	900-1400	hue. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "hue": hued, hueless, hues. (additional references)
	Words ending with "hue": copihue. (additional references)
	Words containing "hue": copihues, multihued. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Hue" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ahue, Eheu, hae, Haua, Hbe, Hce, hcu, hee, heeb, hehe, heu, heuen, heun, heup, heuw, Heux, hge, hief, hije, hle, hme, hne, Houa, houe, Hpu, hseq, hte, hu, hua, huab, huac, Huai, Huayo, hube, Huben, huc, huce, huea, Hueco, Huel, Huen, huet, huey, Huezo, huf, hufe, hui, huia, Huie, Huip, huj, huk, hule, Hune, huo, hup, hupe, Hupeh, Hupet, hur, hure, huse, hute, Huu, huv, huve, hux, huy, huz, hve, hwu, hye, iue, jue, kue, nhu, rhue, ue, uhe, uher, Uhh, uhl, Uhse, uhv. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "hue" (pronounced hyuw")
3	h y uw"	Hew.
2	-y uw"	askew, cue, debut, ewe, few, fondue, imbue, mew, miscue, pew, phew, Pugh, queue, review, revue, skew, spew, view, yew, you.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-h-u"
	-1 letter: eh, he, uh.
	Words containing the letters "e-h-u"
	+1 letter: hued, hues, huge, jehu.
	+2 letters: chute, haute, heuch, heugh, house, huger, jehus, lehua, ouphe, rheum, ruche, shute, teuch, teugh, usher.
	+3 letters: bushed, bushel, busher, bushes, cheque, cherub, chouse, chuted, chutes, cohune, douche, enough, euchre, eunuch, exhume, fuhrer, gauche, gushed, gusher, gushes, haleru, hauled, hauler, hausen, heaume, helium, heuchs, heughs, housed, housel, houser, houses, huckle, huddle, huffed, hugely, hugest, hugged, hugger, hulked, hulled, huller, humane, humate, humble, humeri, hummed, hummer, humped, humvee, hunger, hunker, hunted, hunter, hurdle, hurled, hurler, hurley, hurter, hurtle, hushed, hushes, husked, husker, huskie, hustle, hutted, inhume, kuchen, lehuas, louche, lushed, lusher, lushes, muches, mushed, musher, mushes, nuchae, ouched, ouches, ouphes, pushed, pusher, pushes, quench, quiche, rehung, rhesus, rheums, rheumy, rhuses, rouche, ruched, ruches, rushed, rushee, rusher, rushes, sheuch, sheugh, shuted, shutes, sleuth, sughed, thoued, touche, tusche, tushed, tushes, tushie, tusseh, unhelm, unhewn, unmesh, unshed, upheap, upheld, uphove, uphroe, ushers, wuther.
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Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
hue viet nam	379	book hue man store	8
hue	184	green hue	7
rhythm hue	33	boat corporation hue rock	7
hue hotel	22	hue orlando	7
battle hue	17	battle city hue	6
hue corporation	17	hue restaurant	5
color hue	17	hue jackman	5
hefner hue	16	bo bun hue recipe	5
hue and cry	14	hue pink	4
bun bo hue	13	hue le thi	4
apartment hue	13	color wheel hue	4
hue city	13	grant hue	4
hue kelly	13	hot hue	4
global hue	13	hue orlando restaurant	4
matthias hue	12	cry discography hue	4
heffner hue	11	cry hue lyrics	4
hue hosiery	10	citadel hue	4
hue sock	10	hue pantie hose	3
uss hue city	9	hue rythem	3
hue ngoc	8	hue rhythm studio	3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Hue

Definition: Hue

Hue

Noun

Verb

Specialty Definition: Hue

Specialty Definition: Hue

Synonyms: Hue

Synonyms within Context: Hue

Alarm

Disapprobation

Hell

Publication

Pursuit

Crosswords: Hue

Modern Usage: Hue

Lyrics

Movie/TV Titles

Commercial Usage: Hue

Books

Music

Image Slideshow: Hue

Photos:Hue

Illustrations:Hue

Photo Album: Hue

Digital Photo Gallery: Hue

Familiar Quotations: Hue

John Locke

W. T. Bacon

Use in Literature: Hue

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

Non-Fiction Usage: Hue

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

Speeches: Hue

Richard Nixon

Usage Frequency: Hue

Name Usage Frequency: Hue

Expressions: Hue

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Hue

Modern Translation: Hue

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