: colored
usually used in combination
green-hued

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Some varieties sport silver-green leaves while others produce vibrant multi-hued foliage in purple, creamy white, and gray-green hues. Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 21 Mar. 2025 Brightly hued paints and embellishments would have created the illusion that statues were alive—and scents would have added to that illusion, Brøns tells All That’s Interesting’s Kaleena Fraga. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Mar. 2025 Some pieces are further enhanced by fields of richly hued anodized titanium in shades of sky blue, purple Scottish heather or dark blue. Kyle Roderick, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025 Makeup artists bet big on the eyes for fall 2024, offering different takes on the theme, ranging from the wild and tough to the shiny and glam, and passing through the candy-hued, painterly bold, minimal glitzy and alien-like, too. Sandra Salibian, WWD, 5 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hued

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 22 Apr. 2025.

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