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Hue Quotes

O bluebird, welcome back again, Thy azure coat and ruddy vest, Are hues that April loveth best.

John Burroughs (1909). “Bird Stories from Burroughs: Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs”

With a smile that glow'd Celestial rosy red, love's proper hue.

John Milton, Elijah Fenton (1795). “Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books”, p.197

Behind the steps that Misery treads Approaching Comfort view: The hues of bliss more brightly glow Chastised by sabler tints of woe, And blended form, with artful strife, The strength and harmony of life.

Thomas Gray (1825). “The works of Thomas Gray,: containing his poems and correspondence, with memoirs of his life and writings”, p.178

To gild refined gold, to paint the lily... is wasteful and ridiculous excess

William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.330

Lives that flash in sunshine, and lives that are born in tears, receive their hue from circumstances.

Harriet Ann Jacobs (1861). “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl”, p.93

Don't choose anything that's two tones lighter than your natural lip tone, and make sure there's a little pink in the hue so it doesn't look too washed out.

"Charlotte Tilbury on the Product She Would Use on Kate Middleton, the Surprising Thing in Her Makeup Bag, and More". Interview with Beth Shapouri, www.glamour.com. October 7, 2014.

There are not more than five primary colours, yet in combination they produce more hues than can ever been seen.

Lionel Giles', Sun Tzu (1910). “Sun Tzu's Art of War - Illustrated & Translated for Modern Readers”, p.14, SJ Creations Tokyo

All the rarest hues of human life take radiance and are rainbowed out in tears.

Gerald Massey (1889). “My Lyrical Life: Poems Old and New”

No tree in all the grove but has its charms, Though each its hue peculiar.

William Cowper, Robert Southey, William Harvey (1835). “The Works of William Cowper, Comprising His Poems, Correspondence, and Translations”, p.233

What skilful limner e'er would choose To paint the rainbow's varying hues, Unless to mortal it were given To dip his brush in dyes of heaven?

Walter Scott, Sir Walter Scott (1841). “The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart”, p.132

Untested assumptions and lazy habits of thought can be shown up, once put in a spotlight of a different hue.

"Great minds don't think alike" by Julian Baggini, www.theguardian.com. August 4, 2008.

The hues of bliss more brightly glow, Chastis'd by sabler tints of woe.

Thomas Gray, Thomas PARK (F.S.A.) (1808). “The poetical works of Thomas Gray, etc. With a separate titlepage bearing the imprint of John Sharpe, London, dated 1805”, p.62