Thesaurus: hue

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1. n. Color or shade of color; tint; dye.
2. n. A predominant shade in a composition of primary colors; a primary color modified by combination with others.
3. n. A shouting or vociferation.
4. n. the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength
5. v. take on color or become colored
6. v. suffuse with color
7. 1. Color or shade of color; tint; dye. "Flowers of all hue." Milton. Hues of the rich unfolding morn. Keble. 2. (Painting) A predominant shade in a composition of primary colors; a primary color modified by combination with others. A shouting or vociferation. Hue and cry (Law), a loud outcry with which felons were anciently pursued, and which all who heard it were obliged to take up, joining in the pursuit till the malefactor was taken; in later usage, a written proclamation issued on the escape of a felon from prison, requiring all persons to aid in retaking him. Burrill.
8. A predominant shade in a composition of primary colors; aprimary color modified by combination with others.
9. n:100 n. the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength v. take on color or become colored