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hue

Cross references:
  1. lightness              2. saturation             3. color                 
  
hue \'hyu:\ n [ME hewe, fr. OE hi-w; akin to OE ha-r hoary - more a]t HOAR 
   1: SHAPE, ASPECT  2a: gradation of color  2b: 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