Color subtlety
The crossword clue "Color subtlety" is answered by HUE, a 3-letter entry. Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
HUE
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HUE answer page.
Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for HUE
Every other clue in this collection answered by HUE, most used first.
- Shade - used 310 times, most recently in 2026
- Color - used 225 times, most recently in 2026
- Tint - used 122 times, most recently in 2026
- Coloration - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
- Shade of color - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- Cry's partner - used 46 times, most recently in 2024
- Color gradation - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- Cast - used 16 times, most recently in 2019
- Color shade - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Cry's companion - used 16 times, most recently in 2008
- Tinge - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- ___ and cry - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
- Palette selection - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Peach or plum - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Color property - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
- Color quality - used 13 times, most recently in 2018
- Color tone - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Outcry - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
- Clamor - used 10 times, most recently in 2011
- Color chart listing - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Vietnamese port - used 9 times, most recently in 2006
- Palette choice - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Color variant - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Complexion - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Gradation of color - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Shading - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Tone - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Cry companion - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Cry partner - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Vietnamese city - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Color TV pioneer - RCA, used 142 times
- Color - DYE, used 69 times
- Sandy color - TAN, used 47 times
- Color. - TAN, used 46 times
- Change the color of - DYE, used 43 times
- Primary color - RED, used 41 times
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