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hue

hue [ hyoo ] (plural hues)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. color: a color or shade of a color
flowers of every hue

2. shade of color: a particular shade of a color
a pleasing hue of green

3. physics property of color: a property of a color that enables it to be perceived, determined by its dominant wavelength

4. type: a type or kind in a particular range
all hues of political opinion

5. aspect: the way that something looks
This puts a completely different hue on the matter.

[ Old English hē(o)w< Germanic]

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