: colored
usually used in combination
green-hued

Examples of hued in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Other brightly hued highlights of the auction include a breathtaking bracelet adorned with 24.59 carats of Burmese rubies and diamonds (estimate: $230,000 to $300,000) and a pair of Harry Winston earrings featuring 10.05 carats of Colombian emeralds (estimate: $120,000 to $180,000). Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 14 Mar. 2024 From Ryan Gosling’s rainbow assortment of custom Gucci suiting to Colman Domingo’s brightly hued attire, real men wear pink — or any other color, for that matter. Marc Malkin, Variety, 7 Mar. 2024 Ball pythons were too small to be profitable for the skin trade, but the Zeitgeist’s embrace of surreally hued scales conferred an aura of glamour on collecting and breeding them. Rebecca Giggs, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024 Toth was allegedly put off by the story’s profanity and darkly hued cosmovision, and refused to continue. Ernesto Lechner, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2024 The Sakura Pink shade of the Everywhere Belt Bag makes a statement and has all the same features as the neutrally hued versions. Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Parents, 5 Feb. 2024 Hers, however, featured a white bra emerging from underneath her bubblegum hued dress, creating a bit more contrast than Portman’s black monochromatic moment. Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 12 Jan. 2024 One of these delicately hued boxes provides the framework for a collage, made especially for this show, that features a 1959 picture of a D.C. Transit trolley parked at the entrance to Glen Echo Park. Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2024 The vividly hued trees lining the lake reflect in the water, making for a postcard-worthy scene. Molly McArdle, Travel + Leisure, 14 Aug. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hued was before the 12th century

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“Hued.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hued. Accessed 29 Apr. 2024.

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