Hue is defined as?

• A. The color's saturation level.
• B. The first impression of an object's basic color.
• C. The color's tonal depth.
• D. The color's brightness.

Answer: (B)

Hue is the color family or category you perceive—the basic color name such as red, blue, or green. It’s what you think of when you identify the color at a glance, independent of how vivid it is or how light or dark it appears. Describing hue as the first impression of an object’s basic color captures this idea because it focuses on the color’s general identity rather than its intensity or brightness. Saturation is about how pure or vivid the color is, not which color family it belongs to, and brightness describes how light or dark the color appears, not its hue. Tonal depth isn’t a standard term used to define hue in color terminology.