Hue



GRE Barron TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 色彩, 色泽
• ［英］ n. 色彩, 色泽 ( color)
• ［例］ the hues of the rainbow ( 彩虹的颜色)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English hewe, from Old English hīw; akin to Old Norse hy? plant down, Gothic hiwi form
• Date: before 12th century
• 1. complexion, aspect <political parties of every hue — Louis Wasserman>
• 2.
  • a. color
  • b. gradation of color
  • c. the attribute of colors that permits them to be classed as red, yellow, green, blue, or an intermediate between any contiguous pair of these colors — compare brightness 2, lightness 2, saturation 4

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