hue

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hue/hjuː/

▶noun

• 1 a colour or shade.

  ■ technical the attribute of a colour, dependent on its dominant wavelength, by virtue of which it is discernible as red, green, etc.

• 2 an aspect or type: men of all political hues.

– derivatives
-hued adjective,
hueless adjective.

– origin OE hīw, hēow, of Gmc origin.