But what about more complex colors we want to duplicate in our artwork or projects? How to Talk Like a Color Pro In the photo at the top of the page, you obviously know the Hues right away. Think of the Hue as one of the six Primary and Secondary colors.In other words, the underlying base color of the mixture you're looking at is either Yellow, Orange, Red, Violet, Blue or Green. Hue refers to the origin of the color we see.
