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Hue vs Blushy - What's the difference?

hue | blushy |

As a noun hue

is form; appearance; guise.

As a proper noun Hue

is a notable port city in central Vietnam.

As an adjective blushy is

suffused with blushes or blushlike hues.

hue

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) hewe, from (etyl) .

Alternative forms

* (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) Form; appearance; guise.
  • A color, or shade of color; tint; dye.
  • * 1886 , (Robert Louis Stevenson), (Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde)
    • A great chocolate-coloured pall lowered over heaven, but the wind was continually charging and routing these embattled vapours; so that as the cab crawled from street to street, Mr. Utterson beheld a marvelous number of degrees and hues of twilight; for here it would be dark like the back-end of evening; and there would be a glow of a rich, lurid brown, like the light of some strange conflagration; and here, for a moment, the fog would be quite broken up, and a haggard shaft of daylight would glance in between the swirling wreaths.
  • The characteristic related to the light frequency that appears in the color, for instance red, yellow, green, cyan, blue or magenta.
    • In digital arts, HSV color uses hue together with saturation and value.
  • (figuratively) A character; aspect.
    • Derived terms
    * hued

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) hu, a hunting cry.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A shout or cry.
    • Derived terms
    * hue and cry

    Anagrams

    * ----

    blushy

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Suffused with blushes or blushlike hues.
  • * 1868? , Louisa May Alcott, Little Women
    • I didn't feel blushy or quakey, but quite cool and only a little excited.
  • * 2007 , Bill Cameron, Lost Dog?
    • Well, before you have to ask and get all blushy again, I'll take you home.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=January 19, author=Holland Cotter, title=Treasure Hunt for Grown-Ups With Money, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=As it happens, the blushy tone does wonders for tallowy New York winter complexions, and, more important, it sets off to advantage the booth’s prize display: a 1901 portrait miniature of the future Kings George VI and Edward VIII, at ages 6 and 7 respectively. }}
  • (of a person) Embarrassed, blushing; feeling as though one might blush.