Shades of orange

Short description: Varieties of the color orange

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Orange

Wavelength| 585–620 nm
Common connotations
Autumn, Halloween, Thanksgiving, fertility, warmth
Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #FF8000
Source| By definition[1]

In optics, orange has a wavelength between approximately 585 and 620 nm and a hue of 30° in HSV color space. In the RGB color space it is a secondary color numerically halfway between gamma-compressed red and yellow, as can be seen in the RGB color wheel. The complementary color of orange is azure. Orange pigments are largely in the ochre or cadmium families, and absorb mostly blue light.

Varieties of the color orange may differ in hue, chroma (also called saturation, intensity, or colorfulness) or lightness (or value, tone, or brightness), or in two or three of these qualities. Variations in value are also called tints and shades, a tint being an orange or other hue mixed with white, a shade being mixed with black. A large selection of these various colors is shown below.

## Contents

* 1 Orange (color wheel)
* 2 Web colors
* 2.1 Orange (web color)
* 2.2 Dark orange (web color)
* 3 Aerospace and safety
* 3.1 Safety orange
* 3.2 International orange (Aerospace)
* 3.3 International orange (Golden Gate Bridge)
* 4 Additional definitions of orange
* 4.1 Orange (Pantone)
* 4.2 Orange (Crayola)
* 5 Other variations of orange
* 5.1 Alloy orange
* 5.2 Apricot
* 5.3 Apricot Peach
* 5.4 Atomic tangerine
* 5.5 Brown
* 5.6 Burnt orange
* 5.7 Butterscotch
* 5.8 Carrot orange
* 5.9 Coral
* 5.10 Giants orange
* 5.11 Goldenrod
* 5.12 Hunyadi yellow
* 5.13 Light orange
* 5.14 Melon
* 5.15 Orange peel
* 5.16 Papaya whip
* 5.17 Peach
* 5.18 Persian orange
* 5.19 Persimmon
* 5.20 Princeton orange
* 5.21 Pumpkin
* 5.22 Saffron
* 5.23 Spanish orange
* 5.24 Tangelo
* 5.25 Tangerine
* 5.26 Tiger's eye
* 5.27 UT orange
* 5.28 Xanthous
* 5.29 Xiaomi orange
* 6 See also
* 7 References

## Orange (color wheel)

Orange (color wheel)

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #FF8000
Source| HTML Color Chart @30[2]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Vivid reddish orange

The color known as color wheel orange is the tone of orange that is a pure chroma on the HSV color wheel, the expression of which is known as the RGB color wheel, exactly halfway between red and yellow. The complementary color of orange is azure.

## Web colors

### Orange (web color)

Orange (web color)

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #FFA500
Source| X11
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Strong orange

The web color called orange is defined in CSS as the hex triplet FFA500.

### Dark orange (web color)

Dark orange

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #FF8C00
Source| X11
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Vivid orange

There is a web color called dark orange.

## Aerospace and safety

### Safety orange

Safety Orange

A safety orange warning sign for road construction sites.

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #FF7900
Source| ANSI Z535
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Vivid reddish orange

Main article: Safety orange

Safety orange (also known as blaze orange, and a number of other names) was defined in ANSI standard Z535.1–1998 and is commonly used in a wide variety of contexts to warn of hazards, including: high-viz clothing, road cones, and as the background color in safety warning notices.

### International orange (Aerospace)

International Orange
(Aerospace)

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #FF4F00
Source| [Unsourced]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Vivid reddish orange

Main article: International orange

A shade of orange known as International orange is used in the aerospace industry to set objects apart from their surroundings, similar to Safety orange, but deeper and with a more reddish tone. It was the color used for the Space Shuttle pressure suits.

### International orange (Golden Gate Bridge)

International Orange
(Golden Gate Bridge)

The Golden Gate Bridge partially covered in fog

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #F04A00
Source| GGB[3]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Vivid reddish orange

The tone of international orange used to paint the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California is slightly lighter than the standard International orange used by military contractors and in engineering (shown below), thus increasing its visibility to ships. The 25 de Abril Bridge in Lisbon, Portugal also uses this color.[4]

## Additional definitions of orange

### Orange (Pantone)

Orange (Pantone)

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #FF5800
Source| Pantone TPX[5][6]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Vivid reddish orange

The color called orange in Pantone is taken from the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #021 TPX—Orange.[7]

### Orange (Crayola)

Orange (Crayola)

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #FF7538
Source| Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Vivid reddish orange

Orange was one of the original colors formulated by Crayola in 1903.

## Other variations of orange

### Alloy orange

Alloy orange

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #C46210
Source| Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Deep orange

Alloy orange is one of the colors in the special set of metallic Crayola crayons called Metallic FX, the colors of which were formulated by Crayola in 2001.

Although this is supposed to be a metallic color, there is no mechanism for displaying metallic colors on a computer.

### Apricot

Apricot

An apricot fruit

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #FBCEB1
Source| Maerz and Paul[8]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Pale orange yellow

Apricot has been in use as a color name since 1851.[9]

### Apricot Peach

Apricot Peach

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #F8C8B0
Source| hexcolor.co[10]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Pale light grayish tangelo

Apricot Peach is a pale light grayish tangelo color.

### Atomic tangerine

Atomic tangerine

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #FF9966
Source| Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Strong yellowish pink

Atomic tangerine was formulated by Crayola in 1990.

(Atomic tangerine is supposed to be a fluorescent color, but there is no mechanism for showing fluorescence on a flat computer screen.)

### Brown

Main articles: Brown and Shades of brown

Brown

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #964B00
Source| [Unsourced]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Strong brown

Brown, although an independent color term, actually combines the orange hue (or close to orange) with low brightness. It can be described as an especially dark orange or, in painters' terminology, a deep shade of orange.

The first recorded use of brown as a color name in English was in about 1000 AD in the Metres of Boethius.[11][12]

### Burnt orange

Burnt orange

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #BF5700
Source| University of Texas at Austin[13]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Deep reddish orange

Burnt orange has been used as a color name for this medium dark shade of orange since 1915.[14]

This color is one variation that is used as a school color of The University of Texas at Austin, Auburn University, and Virginia Tech.

Burnt orange is not a standard color; for example, it is defined differently by Auburn University[15][16] and the University of Texas at Austin.[13][17] The National Hockey League's San Jose Sharks use burnt orange as a secondary color,[18] and it is one of three colors of the National Football League's Cleveland Browns.[19][20] The Chicago Bears also use it as an alternate color.[citation needed]

Burnt orange was used by the University of Montana prior to 1996[21] and Oklahoma State University for its football uniforms from 1973 through 1983.[22]

Burnt orange was popular in interior design in the 1970s.[citation needed]

Burnt orange is also used to colour cylinders filled with the refrigerant R407C.[23]

### Butterscotch

Butterscotch

Butterscotch pudding

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #E09540
Source| Pantone[24]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Strong orange

Butterscotch is a color that resembles butterscotch.

### Carrot orange

Carrot orange

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #ED9121
Source| Maerz and Paul
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Strong orange

Carrot orange is a tint of orange that is a representation of the color of the raw carrot vegetable.

The first recorded use of carrot orange as a color name in English was in 1684.[25]

### Coral

Main article: Coral (color)

Coral

Orange cup coral

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #FF7F50
Source| HTML/CSS[26]
X11 color names[27]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Vivid reddish orange

The web color coral is a shade of orange. The first recorded use of coral as a color name in English was in 1513.[28]

### Giants orange

Giants orange

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #FE5A1D
Source| [Unsourced]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Vivid reddish orange

The color Giants orange symbolizes, along with black and cream, the San Francisco Giants baseball team.

### Goldenrod

Goldenrod

Goldenrods in rural Fountain County, Indiana

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #DAA520
Source| X11
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Strong yellow

The web color goldenrod is a representation of the color of some of the deeper gold colored goldenrod flowers.

The first recorded use of goldenrod as a color name in English was in 1915.[29]

### Hunyadi yellow

Hunyadi yellow

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #E8AC41
Source| ColorSwatches[30]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Strong orange yellow

The web color Hunyadi yellow or Pear gold is represented on the Hunyadi coat of arms.

### Light orange

Light orange

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #FED8B1
Source| Crayola C.P.
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Pale orange yellow

A light orange color was formulated for Crayola colored pencils.

### Melon

Melon[31]

A cantaloupe from Australia

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #FDBCB4
Source| Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Moderate yellowish pink

The color melon is a representation of the color of the interior flesh of a cantaloupe, the most commonly consumed melon.

The first recorded use of melon as a color name in English was in 1892.[32]

By 1921, the color melon was associated with fullness of life, vivacity, magnetism, impressibility, and susceptibility.[33]

In 1949, melon was formulated as one of the Crayola colors.[34]

### Orange peel

Orange peel

Orange fruit and cross section

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #FF9F00
Source| Maerz and Paul
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Strong orange

A discussion of the difference between the color orange (the color halfway between red and yellow, shown above as color wheel orange) and the color orange peel (the actual color of the outer skin of an orange), may be found in Maerz and Paul.[35] Orange peel is the color halfway between orange (color wheel) and amber on the color wheel.

The first recorded use of orange peel as a color name in English was in 1839.[36]

### Papaya whip

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The web color papaya whip is a pale tint of orange.

### Peach

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### Persian orange

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Persian orange is a color used in pottery and Persian carpets in Iran.

The first recorded use of Persian orange as a color name in English was in 1892.[38]

Orange pudding (milk added to pureed oranges that is mixed in a blender with flour and slowly boiled on a stovetop) is colored Persian orange, assuming no food coloring is added. Allis-Chalmers tractors have been colored Persian orange since 1928 so that, even when caked with dirt, they could still be distinguished from landscape features.[39]

### Persimmon

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Persimmon is a color that resembles persimmons.

The first recorded use of persimmon as a color name in English was in 1922.[40]

### Princeton orange

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The color symbolizes Princeton University and is defined as Pantone 158.[42] The equivalent RGB values vary among sources.

### Pumpkin

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Pumpkin is a color that resembles pumpkins.

The first recorded use of pumpkin as a color name in English was in 1922.[43]

Pumpkin or orange is used with black for Halloween decorations.

### Saffron

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The first recorded use of saffron as a color name in English was in 1200.[44] It is considered as the most important colour in Hinduism. It is worn by the monks of the Theravada tradition.

### Spanish orange

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Spanish orange is the color that is called anaranjado (the Spanish word for the colour "orange") in the Guía de coloraciones (Guide to colorations) by Rosa Gallego and Juan Carlos Sanz, a color dictionary published in 2005 that is widely popular in the Hispanophone realm.

### Tangelo

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### Tangerine

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The first recorded use of tangerine as a color name in English was in 1899.[45]

### Tiger's eye

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### UT orange

Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter has terminated with signal "24". This shade of orange is unique to the University of Tennessee (UT), defined by the institution as Pantone 151, and is called UT orange. UT Orange is licensed and trademarked by the university for university/merchandise purposes.[46][47] According to the university, this shade of orange is derived from the American daisy, which grew in profusion on the oldest part of the campus, The Hill. The University of Tennessee colors are UT orange and white, and are used across its various sports teams, advertising, and merchandise.[48]

### Xanthous

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The name of the color xanthous is derived from xantho (meaning yellow or golden), from the Ancient Greek ξανθός and "ous" (meaning full of), from the Latin adjectival suffix -ōsus.

### Xiaomi orange

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Xiaomi orange is the shade of orange used for Xiaomi Corporation.

## See also

* Lists of colors

## References

1. ↑ On the RGB color wheel, derived from RGB color space, the color orange is defined as the tertiary color that is at a hue angle of 30 degrees.
2. ↑ HTML Color Chart @30[Usurped!]
3. ↑ "GGB". http://goldengatebridge.org/research/facts.php#cmyk.
4. ↑ "Frequently Asked Questions about the Golden Gate Bridge". http://goldengatebridge.org/research/facts.php#samecolor.
5. ↑ Pantone TPX
6. ↑ Type the word "Orange" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear.
7. ↑ "- Find a Pantone Color – Quick Online Color Tool". http://www.pantone.com/pages/pantone/colorfinder.aspx.
8. ↑ The color displayed in this color box matches the color called apricot in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color apricot is displayed on page 43, Plate 10, Color Sample 7F.
9. ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York: 1930—McGraw-Hill. See page 189 for year of first recorded use of color name reference and page 43, Plate 10 Color Sample 7F for color sample of Apricot.
10. ↑ Cobb, Bettie M.. "#F8C8B0 - Apricot Peach - RGB 248, 200, 176 Color Information". https://hexcolor.co/hex/F8C8B0.
11. ↑ "brown, adj.". Oxford English Dictionary. OUP. https://www.oed.com/Entry/23849.
12. ↑ Maerz and Paul, Page 191
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Color". University of Texas at Austin. http://www.utexas.edu/brand-guidelines/visual-style-guide/color.
14. ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York: 1930—McGraw-Hill (see under Burnt Orange in Index, Page 191)
15. ↑ "Official Colors". Auburn University. August 10, 2010. http://www.auburn.edu/template/colors.html.
16. ↑ The shade of burnt orange used by Auburn University is RGB 221, 85, 12; HEX #DD550C.
17. ↑ The shade of burnt orange used by the University of Texas at Austin is Pantone 159; CMYK 0, 65, 100, 9; RGB 191, 87, 0; HEX #BF5700.
18. ↑ "Front Office Directory". San Jose Sharks. http://sharks.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=99330.
19. ↑ "Glidden Team Colors: 8-oz. #NFL-171A NFL Cleveland Browns Orange Interior Paint Sample". The Home Depot. http://www.homedepot.com/p/Glidden-Team-Colors-8-oz-NFL-171A-NFL-Cleveland-Browns-Orange-Interior-Paint-Sample-GLD-NFL171A-16/203756063.
20. ↑ The shade of orange used by the Cleveland Browns is RGB 240, 93, 53.
21. ↑ Moy, Chelsi (May 20, 2010). "UM President Dennison reflects on his legacy, MT". The Missoulian. The Associated Press News Service (Missoula, Montana). http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_product=AWNB&p_theme=aggregated5&p_action=doc&p_docid=1413900A8427BC68&p_docnum=6&p_queryname=2.
22. ↑ Killackey, Jim (November 3, 1984). "It's Official! OSU's True School Color Will Be "PMS 166' Other Orange – Hues Taboo". The Daily Oklahoman (Stillwater, Oklahoma). http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_product=AWNB&p_theme=aggregated5&p_action=doc&p_docid=0ED06FFEE2BE2584&p_docnum=1&p_queryname=4.
23. ↑ "REFRIGERANTS, TEST AND CHARGING EQUIPMENT". https://cdn1.shipserv.com/ShipServ/pages/profiles/59584/specsheets/1122SS0614w.pdf.
24. ↑ Pantone
25. ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 192; Color Sample: Carrot Orange Page 43 Plate 10 Color Sample C11
26. ↑ W3C TR CSS3 Color Module, HTML4 color keywords . W3C. (May 2003). Retrieved on 21 September 2008.
27. ↑ X11 rgb.txt . XFree86. (February 1994). Retrieved on 21 September 2008.
28. ↑ Maerz, Aloys John; Paul, Morris Rea (1930). A Dictionary of Color. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company. p. 193. ; color sample of coral: Page 27, Plate 2, Color Sample J10.
29. ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 196; Color Sample of Goldenrod: Page 43 Plate 10 Color Sample L5
30. ↑ "ColorSwatches". https://colorswatches.info/color/hunyadi-yellow.
31. ↑ "#fdbcb4 Color Information". https://www.colorhexa.com/fdbcb4.
32. ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 199; Color Sample of Melon: Page 27 Plate 2 Color Sample D10
33. ↑ Grumbine, J. C. F. (1921). Psychology of color. Cleveland, O.: The Order of the white rose. pp. 30. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008421578.
34. ↑ "melon". https://www.crayola.com/explore-colors/melon/.
35. ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930--McGraw-Hill--Discussion of color Orange, Page 170
36. ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 200; Colour Sample: Orange Peel Page 43 Plate 10 Color Sample L10.
37. ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930--McGraw Hill Page 201; Color Sample of Peach: Page 41 Plate 9 Color Sample A5
38. ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 201; color sample of Persian orange: Page 43 Plate 10 Color Sample F10
39. ↑ Now called "Persian Orange No. 1" (Guy Fay, Andy Kraushaar, Original Allis-Chalmers, 1933–1957 2000:121; My Allis-Chalmers story
40. ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 201; Color Sample of Persimmon: Page 35 Plate 6 Color Sample E12
41. ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 202; Color Sample of Princeton Orange: Page 41 Plate 9 Color Sample K11
42. ↑ "Color – Office of Communications". Princeton University. https://communications.princeton.edu/guides-tools/logo-graphic-identity#color.
43. ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 202; Color Sample of Pumpkin: Page 43 Plate 10 Color Sample H11
44. ↑ Maerz and Paul  A Dictionary of Color. New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 203; Color Sample of Saffron: Page 43 Plate 10 Color Sample K8
45. ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 205; Color Sample: Tangerine Page 27 Plate 2 Color Sample H11
46. ↑ "Tennessee Brand Guidelines". University of Tennessee. https://brand.utk.edu/standards/colors/.
47. ↑ "Trademark Colors". University of Tennessee. https://licensing.tennessee.edu/internal-departments/university-of-tennessee-color-tones/.
48. ↑ McAlee, Hope (31 August 2022). "How orange became the University of Tennessee's official color". WATE. https://www.wate.com/sports/orange-and-white-nation/how-orange-became-the-university-of-tennessees-official-color/.

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