hue

BrE /huː/ AmE /huː/

noun / adjective en → es

1 COLOUR [noun] B1

a pale yellow or light brown colour, like the inside of an eggshell

color pálido amarillento o marrón claro

Collocations hue of skin

  • The walls were painted a soft hue.

    Las paredes estaban pintadas de un suave tono.

2 EGG [noun] B1

the egg of a bird or fish, without the shell

el huevo sin cáscara

Collocations fish hue

  • The chef carefully removed the yolk from the hue.

    El chef retiró con cuidado la clara del huevo.

3 EMPTY [adjective] B2

(of a container) empty or not containing anything

vacío, sin contenido

  • be hue
  • The bottle was hue.

    La botella estaba vacía.

4 SHADOW [adjective] C1

(of a shadow) faint or indistinct

difuso, vago

Collocations faint hue

  • The shadow cast by the tree was a faint hue.

    La sombra proyectada por el árbol era vaga.