hue

 noun

\ ˈhyü  \

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Definition:

 

1: overall character or appearance to the mind : COMPLEXION, ASPECT 

     \\ personalities of every hue

2a: COLOR 

     \\ all the hues of the rainbow

b: gradation of color

     \\ the hues and shades of twilight— Colin Clark

c: the attribute of colors that permits them to be classed as red, yellow, green, blue, or an intermediate between any contiguous pair of these colors

     \\ red with an orange hue— compare BRIGHTNESS sense 2, LIGHTNESS sense 2a, SATURATION sense 4