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NOUN: “the attribute of colors that permits them to be classed as red, yellow, green, blue, or an intermediate between any contiguous pair of these colors” Crossword Clue Answer

Q: What is the answer to "NOUN: "the attribute of colors that permits them to be classed as red, yellow, green, blue, or an intermediate between any contiguous pair of these colors""?

The most common answer is HUE. However, there is 1 possible answer to this clue.

Stuck on NOUN: "the attribute of colors that permits them to be classed as red, yellow, green, blue, or an intermediate between any contiguous pair of these colors"? The answer is 3 letters and was featured in the September 19, 2025 Missing Letter crossword. Get the solution here.

NOUN: "the attribute of colors that permits them to be classed as red, yellow, green, blue, or an intermediate between any contiguous pair of these colors" Crossword Answer

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Hint 1 meaning

Hint 2 clue words

Noun: a content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action

Attribute: an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity

Colors: a flag that shows its nationality

Permit: large game fish; found in waters of the West Indies

Class: a collection of things sharing a common attribute

Red: of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

Yellow: of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk

Green: of the color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum; similar to the color of fresh grass

Blue: of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky

Intermediate: lying between two extremes in time or space or state

Between: in the interval

Any: to any degree or extent

Contiguous: very close or connected in space or time

Pair: form a pair or pairs

Hint 3 anagram

Other Missing Letter Clues (9/19/25)

4A: NOUN: "a person given to [fooling around]"

9A: ADJECTIVE: "having a tendency"

10A: ADJECTIVE: "free from noise or uproar"

11A: VERB: "to leave immediately"

13A: BIOGRAPHICAL NAME: "a.d. 37–68...Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus originally Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus... Roman emperor 54–68"

14A: NOUN: "a leaf, stipule, or stem modified into a slender spirally coiling sensitive organ serving to attach a climbing plant to its support"

18A: NOUN: "an often shoulder-length hairstyle with the ends of the hair rolled under"

20A: NOUN: "a book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language and their definitions"

22A: Billy in "Titanic" and "Dead Calm"

23A: BIOGRAPHICAL NAME: "Giuseppe 1807–1882 Italian patriot"

NOUN: "the attribute of colors that permits them to be classed as red, yellow, green, blue, or an intermediate between any contiguous pair of these colors" Crossword Clue FAQ

What is the 3-letter answer to "NOUN: "the attribute of colors that permits them to be classed as red, yellow, green, blue, or an intermediate between any contiguous pair of these colors"" crossword clue?

The answer to the "NOUN: "the attribute of colors that permits them to be classed as red, yellow, green, blue, or an intermediate between any contiguous pair of these colors"" crossword clue is HUE. This answer contains 3 letters and was confirmed in the Missing Letter puzzle.

Which crossword used "NOUN: "the attribute of colors that permits them to be classed as red, yellow, green, blue, or an intermediate between any contiguous pair of these colors"" clue?

This crossword clue most recently appeared in the Missing Letter puzzle on September 19, 2025. Daily crossword puzzles often reuse popular clues, so this clue may appear again in future puzzles from the same publication or others.

What is the meaning of HUE?

The word HUE means: take on color or become colored. This definition provides context for why it fits the crossword clue "NOUN: "the attribute of colors that permits them to be classed as red, yellow, green, blue, or an intermediate between any contiguous pair of these colors"".