hew, hue

Hew or hew ( rhymes with new ) means to hack or chop with an axe or sword, as in cutting down a tree--
He used his axe to hew the mighty oak.
The knight used his sword to hew a path through the forest.

Hue or hue ( rhymes with hew ) means color, or a variation or shade of a color--
She decorated the room in a sombre hue, making it seem gloomy.
Do you have a paint like this, but with a greenish hue?

Now that you know that, you can say--
"He used  a hatchet to hew some of the bark from the tree, so that he could show the hue to the painter."

Note--"hue" is also used in the old-fashioned expression "hue and cry", meaning an outcry or public alarm--
He saw smoke coming from the building, and started a hue and cry.
Note # 2--"Hugh" ( rhymes with hew ) is a man's given name.
Not to be confused with "huge" ( rhymes with Scrooge ) meaning enormous or very large--
The giant redwoods are huge; you can drive a car through some of them.