hue /hjuː/ BrE AmE noun [countable] literary
[ Language: Old English ; Origin: hiw ]
1 . a colour or type of colour ⇨ tint , shade :
a golden hue
2 . a type of opinion, belief etc
of every hue/of all hues (=of many kinds)
political opinions of every hue
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THESAURUS
▪ colour red, blue, yellow etc:
Blue is my favourite colour.
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Matisse was famous for his use of colour.
▪ shade a particular type of a colour:
The dress is a light shade of pink.
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He uses different shades of green.
▪ hue /hjuː/ literary or technical a particular colour or shade of a colour:
Her face had lost its golden hue.
▪ tint a small amount of a colour in something that is mostly another colour:
He wears sunglasses that have a pinky-orange tint.
▪ tone one of the many different shades of a colour, each slightly darker, lighter, brighter etc than the next:
Carpets in neutral tones give a feeling of space.