Hue — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength

take on color or become colored

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/hjˈuː/

🇬🇧British English

/hˈɪndʒ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/hˈɪndʒ/

1 syllable Say it as /hjˈuː/.

Examples

In highlights it hued to a dull silver-grey

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

chromaticity imbue

Parts of Speech

noun	the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength
verb	take on color or become colored “In highlights it hued to a dull silver-grey”
verb	suffuse with color

Word Forms

hue	verb	take on color or become colored
chromatic	adjective	being or having or characterized by hue
hue	noun	the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Farbton

die Qualität einer Farbe, die durch ihre dominante Wellenlänge bestimmt wird

🇫🇷French

teinte

la qualité d'une couleur déterminée par sa longueur d'onde dominante

🇪🇸Spanish

matiz

la calidad de un color determinada por su longitud de onda dominante

🇮🇹Italian

tinta

la qualità di un colore determinata dalla sua lunghezza d'onda dominante

🇳🇱Dutch

tint

de kwaliteit van een kleur zoals bepaald door de dominante golflengte

🇵🇹Portuguese

matiz

a qualidade de uma cor determinada por seu comprimento de onda dominante

🇷🇺Russian

оттенок

качество цвета, определяемое его доминирующей длиной волны

India

🇮🇳Hindi

रंग

किसी रंग की गुणवत्ता उसकी प्रमुख तरंगदैर्घ्य से निर्धारित होती है

🇧🇩Bengali

রঙ

প্রভাবশালী তরঙ্গদৈর্ঘ্য দ্বারা নির্ধারিত একটি রঙের গুণমান

🇮🇳Tamil

சாயல்

அதன் மேலாதிக்க அலைநீளத்தால் தீர்மானிக்கப்படும் வண்ணத்தின் தரம்

🇮🇳Telugu

రంగు

దాని ఆధిపత్య తరంగదైర్ఘ్యం ద్వారా నిర్ణయించబడిన రంగు యొక్క నాణ్యత

🇮🇳Marathi

रंग

रंगाची गुणवत्ता त्याच्या प्रभावशाली तरंगलांबीद्वारे निर्धारित केली जाते

🇮🇳Gujarati

રંગ

તેના પ્રભાવશાળી તરંગલંબાઇ દ્વારા નિર્ધારિત રંગની ગુણવત્તા

🇮🇳Kannada

ವರ್ಣ

ಅದರ ಪ್ರಬಲ ತರಂಗಾಂತರದಿಂದ ನಿರ್ಧರಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಗುಣಮಟ್ಟ

🇮🇳Malayalam

നിറം

ഒരു നിറത്തിൻ്റെ ഗുണനിലവാരം അതിൻ്റെ പ്രബലമായ തരംഗദൈർഘ്യത്താൽ നിർണ്ണയിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਰੰਗ

ਇੱਕ ਰੰਗ ਦੀ ਗੁਣਵੱਤਾ ਜਿਵੇਂ ਕਿ ਇਸਦੀ ਪ੍ਰਮੁੱਖ ਤਰੰਗ-ਲੰਬਾਈ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਨਿਰਧਾਰਤ ਕੀਤੀ ਜਾਂਦੀ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

رنگت

رنگ کا معیار جیسا کہ اس کی غالب طول موج سے طے ہوتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

色调

由其主波长决定的颜色质量

🇯🇵Japanese

色合い

主波長によって決まる色の品質

🇰🇷Korean

색조

주파장에 따라 결정되는 색상의 품질

🇻🇳Vietnamese

màu sắc

chất lượng của một màu được xác định bởi bước sóng vượt trội của nó

🇹🇭Thai

สีสัน

คุณภาพของสีที่กำหนดโดยความยาวคลื่นที่โดดเด่น

🇮🇩Indonesian

warna

kualitas suatu warna ditentukan oleh panjang gelombang dominannya

🇵🇭Filipino

kulay

ang kalidad ng isang kulay na tinutukoy ng nangingibabaw nitong wavelength

🇲🇾Malay

rona

kualiti warna seperti yang ditentukan oleh panjang gelombang dominannya

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

هوى

جودة اللون كما يحددها الطول الموجي السائد

🇮🇷Persian

رنگ

کیفیت یک رنگ که توسط طول موج غالب آن تعیین می شود

🇹🇷Turkish

renk tonu

bir rengin baskın dalga boyuna göre belirlenen kalitesi

🇮🇱Hebrew

צֶבַע

איכות הצבע כפי שנקבעת על פי אורך הגל הדומיננטי שלו

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The primary meaning of 'hue' is 'the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength'.

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