/ hjuː; NAmE / noun
1.
( literary or technical ) a colour; a particular shade of a colour :
His face took on an unhealthy whitish hue.
Her paintings capture the subtle hues of the countryside in autumn.
➡ note at colour
2.
( formal ) a type of belief or opinion :
supporters of every political hue
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IDIOMS
- hue and cry
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WORD ORIGIN
Old English hīw , hēow (also form, appearance , obsolete except in Scots ), of Germanic origin; related to Swedish hy skin, complexion. The sense colour, shade dates from the mid 19th cent.