Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
hue
IPA transcription: [hj'u]
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
hue, chromaticity
Meaning:
the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength
Usage examples
The enveloping paper was of a greenish hue, and appeared to be mouldy.
"You needn't," laughed Miss Malleson, opening her sunshade which cast a delicate pink hue on her cheeks.
As he watched, the dull saffron powder took on a deeper hue about the edge, the body of it remaining unchanged.
The rosy hue stole over her face again, and a sweet smile to her lips: "Oh, William, if you will only sanction it!
He changed his tie for one of a darker hue, ate sparingly of a beefsteak, and went back to bid Joe a last farewell.
Then the leaves catch forming an immense column of fire, beautifully spired on the edges and tinted a rose-purple hue.
Presently, in a half-conscious manner, I noticed that there was a faint mistiness, ruddy in hue, lying over its surface.
"I have it!" cried Tom, and he caught up a bucket of red paint, that had been used to give the airship its brilliant hue.
A rain lasting two days and a night washed the roads of snow and turned the fast disappearing drifts to a dirty yellow hue.
There is a bottle-green hue above the deep water, and a lilac shade in the shallows; but over the sandy bottom the colour is drab.