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Hue

A measure of the chromatic composition of light that reaches the eye; one of the three variables of color.

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Internet; Internet communication

The paramount wavelength of a color. A shade of color combined with the brightness, contrast, and sharpness of a graphical, photographic, or virtual reality image.

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Printing & publishing; Publishing

A specific gradation or variety of a color. Compare chroma, value; see tint, solid, illustration.

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Art history; Visual arts

hue, color, specific kind of color, can be for ex. 'dark blue'' of color blue.

hue
Physics; Color science

The quality of colors that is described by words such as red, yellow. Hue is determined by the wavelength of the color.

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Aerospace; Satellites

the attribute of a color that differentiates it from grey of the same brilliance and that allows it to be classed as blue, green, red, or intermediate shades of these colors. See ...

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Psychology; General psychology

The dimension of color space that captures the qualitative experience of the color of a light.

swamp
Earth science; Soil science

Swamp is an area which is flooded or drenched with water and related to plunge or cause to sink.

semiarid
Earth science; Soil science

Fairly dry because of low rainfall. Semiarid regions, such as a prairie, usually have enough water for grasses and some bushes to grow.

talus
Earth science; Soil science

A sloping pile of small pieces of rock that is at the base of a cliff is called talus.

silt
Earth science; Soil science

Small grains or particles of broken down rock. Silt particles are smaller than grains of sand but larger than the particles in clay.

talc
Earth science; Soil science

A very soft, white or green mineral found in igneous and metamorphic rocks is called talc.

stone
Earth science; Soil science

A general term for rock, especially as used in construction. A hard clump of minerals that forms in a part of body.

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