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.
2 (formal) a type of belief or opinion:
supporters of every political hue
IDIOMS
hue and cry strong public protest about sth:
Further cuts in welfare have raised a hue and cry among the American public.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for hue is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is hue a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, hue is tagged as noun.
Does hue appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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