hue
part of speech
noun (a hue, hues)
meaning for a pupil
1) A colour or shade of a colour. tree →
2) (formal) A kind or type, as in «people of every political hue». tree →
3) «hue and cry» — a loud noisy protest (old phrase). tree →
sense in the lessons
In art lessons pupils mix paints to get different hues. In science, the colours of the rainbow are hues. In stories it is a rich way of saying colour: «the golden hue of sunset». Phrases: a reddish hue, every hue.
examples
- The sky turned a pink hue at sunset. tree →
- Mix blue and yellow to get a green hue. tree →
- The leaves change hue in autumn. tree →
- The rainbow has seven main hues. tree →
- Her cheeks took on a rosy hue. tree →
- There was a great hue and cry when the park was closed. tree →
- The woods glow with hues of red and gold and brown. tree →
note
Countable. Homophone: «hew» (to chop) and «Hugh» (a name) sound the same. More formal than «colour»; in everyday talk say «colour» or «shade».
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «hue» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.