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🎨 A color shade 🖌️ To color
to hue

to hue

1 9.0
To become a particular color
  • verb
  • /hjuː/
translation icon : teñirse
  • In that way of bookish people, three of us urgently and telepathically decided to color, hue, and size code the seven stacks, all without the host noticing, because of aesthetics.

Examples

  • Participation in European recovery brought Sweden into close contact with politically-hued integration projects; nevertheless, the government was forced to review its position on several occasions.

    Academic text (1997)

  • So it will take the hue in the best way and then after the treatment and then only dip it in the dye.

  • This environment conveys the camera which hues to see Aaron Rodgers' jersey as highlights.

    Blog text (34)

  • It is like a high end HD powder but it is hued with this beautiful skin correcting, perfecting pink tone.

  • Classes at Patrick Henry may be demanding; one does not become good at debate without logic and rigor. However, the students who take them nonetheless have a depressing tendency to hue to a party line.

    Academic text (2006)

  • The artist decided to hue the canvas with a bright blue to give it a calming effect.

  • After the sunset, the sky began to hue orange and pink, creating a beautiful atmosphere.

  • When exposed to sunlight, the fabric can hue differently, showing shades of blue and green.

Synonyms

to color
vsto hue
  • US
228 1.0

To make something a different shade by painting or dyeing

becomes a particular shade without an external agent

Antonyms

to fade
531 1.2

To slowly become less visible, bright, or loud

to bleach
50 3.2

To make something lighter in color, often using chemicals or sunlight

Compounds

hue and cry
  • Informal
4 7.7

A loud public complaint by many people asking for action

soft ochre hue
  • UK
4.4

A light warm yellow-brown color like soft sand

yellow hue
2.2

A shade of yellow, like pale or bright yellow

How Colorful

to paint
854 1.0
to color
  • US
228 1.0
to hue
1 9.0
to tint
24 3.6

Surface Forms

hue infinitive
hued past
hued past participle
hueing present participle
hues third person singular

Etymology

Hue as a verb comes from the same Old English hiw meaning 'color', so to hue something is to give it a color or make it take on a certain shade.