At above right is the colour wheel colour orange. This is the colour orange as defined in HSV colour space; that is, it is the hue midway between red and yellow. It is numerically halfway between red and yellow in a gamma-compressedRGB colour space, and is diametrically opposite azure, on the HSV colour wheel.
The colour is named after the orange fruit, introduced to Europe via the Sanskrit word n?ranja. Before this was introduced to the English-speaking world, the colour was referred to (in Old English) as geoluhread, which translates into Modern English as yellow-red.
The first recorded use of orange as a colour name in English was in 1512,[1] in the court of King Henry VIII.
Orange web colours
Orange (web colour)
Web colour orange, defined as FFA500, is the only named colour defined in CSS that is not also defined in HTML 4.01
Dark orange (web colour)
The web colour called dark orange is displayed at right.
Additional variations on the colour orange
Orange peel
Displayed at right is the actual colour of the outer skin of a typical orange. This colour is called orange peel. It is the same colour as the fruit for which it was named. In contrast to blue or red, this colour is well determined.
A discussion of the difference between the colours orange and orange peel is given in Maerz and Paul.[2]
The first recorded use of orange peel as a colour name in English was in 1839. [3]
Tangerine
At right is the colour tangerine, a shade of orange that is the colour of the tangerine fruit.
The first recorded use of tangerine as a colour name in English was in 1899. [4]
Carrot orange
Carrot orange is a tint of orange that is the colour of the raw carrot vegetable.
The first recorded use of carrot orange as a colour name in English was in 1684. [5]
Burnt orange
Burnt orange has been in use as a colour name for this deep shade of orange since 1915. [6]
Orange is the national colour of The Netherlands, because its royal family of Orange-Nassau used to own the principality of Orange (the title is still used for the Dutch heir apparent). There is no etymological connection between orange (the fruit and colour) and Orange (the name of the principality), and the similarity is fortuitous. (See the page on Orange (word) for more information.) In modern Dutch society however, the Dutch word oranje, 'orange' is often associated with the reigning royal house of the Netherlands. Oranjezonnetje ('Orange Sun') designates good weather on the Queen's birthday, April 30. Orange is the colour of choice for many of the national sports teams and their supporters. The nickname of the Dutch national football team is Oranje, the Dutch word for orange. Oranjegekte ('Orange Craze') signifies the inclination of many Dutchmen to dress up in orange colours during soccer matches. In the modern flag of the Netherlands, red substitutes the original orange, but on royal birthdays, the flag has an additional orange banner. Most geographical usages of the word orange can be traced back to Dutch maritime power in the 17th century.
People whose natural hair colour is metaphorically described in English as being red, i.e. redheads, actually have hair that averages a burnt orange colour.
Orange is often quoted (along with Purple and Silver) as a word that doesn't rhyme with any other word in the English language. This is debatable - see Orange (word). However, the Oxford Rhyming Dictionary does show both these words as having half-rhymes (such as lozenge with orange and salver with silver). In a children's book of verse, in a poem titled "Color," there are these lines:
A woman named Susan Hogan was born with an extra set of cones that are sensitive in the orange range, as well having the red, green, and blue cones that humans with normal colour vision (i.e. trichromats) possess. She is therefore classified as a tetrachromat, but her extra type of cone is an orange cone instead of the ultraviolet cone possessed by animals such as birds who are tetrachromats in nature. It is estimated that while normal humans can see about 1,000,000 different colours, tetrachromats such as Ms. Hogan can see 100,000,000 different colours. This is because each additional type of cones reacts with the other types of cones in such a way that an addition of a new type of cone means an organism can see 100 times as many colours. (This means that a pentachromat would be able to see 10,000,000,000 (ten billion) different colours.) [8]
Politically
Orange is the national colour of the Netherlands, referring to the royal family, the House of Orange-Nassau. Orange was seen on its original flag (until the middle of the 17th century) and nowadays a pennant may be attached to the red, white and blue national flag. (See below at: Geography and history)
Orange is the contrasting colour of blue and is highly visible against a clear sky. Therefore, shades of orange such as safety orange are often used in high visibility clothing and other safety equipment and objects.
Orange was the rallying colour of the 2004 – 2005 Orange Revolution in Ukraine and has thus become a colour symbolising opposition to tyranny around the world.
Orange in general represents Hinduism in the flag of Sri Lanka. Hindu swamis traditionally wear orange robes. The significance of orange as the colour for Hindu swamis is commonly thought to be connected to the idea that orange symbolizes fire. Renunciates' fiery ocher robes display outwardly the inner transformation that is happening - the burning of ego, their former selves, and their personal wants. Also, the saffron stripe in the Indian flag signifies courage, sacrifice and the spirit of renunciation.
Psychics who claim to be able to observe the aura with their third eye report that an orange aura is associated with intellectual ambition or stubbornness.[10]
In the metaphysics of the New Age Prophetess, Alice A. Bailey, in her system called the Seven Rays which classifies humans into seven different metaphysical psychological types, the fifth ray of concrete science is represented by the colour orange. People who have this metaphysical psychological type are said to be on the Orange Ray. [11]
In English heraldry, orange is considered synonymous with the tincturetenne. However, its use as a heraldic tincture is relatively rare, as it is considered a "stain" (a deprecated tincture) by some. In continental heraldry, tenne is more often deemed to denote a burnt orange colour.
The colours orange and black represent the holidayHalloween (31 October) because orange is the colour of pumpkins and black is the colour of night and is associated with doom, despair and darkness.
The colours orange and brown represent the United States holiday Thanksgiving.
Orange is the favourite colour for people to wear to rave dances.
Due to its brightness, orange is used in the construction industry on road signs and safety jackets to warn passers-by of the pending dangers ahead.
Orange is also the colour of J-league football team, Omiya Ardija and baseball team Yomiuri Giants.
Finnish SM-Liiga ice-hockey team Tappara is famous for unusual orange hockey pants.
Orange is the traditional and most common colour of a Basketball.
Orange is the colour of the 5-ball and 13-ball in Billiards. (The 13-ball is white with an orange stripe.)
Orange is the colour of the ball in Snooker Plus with an 8-point value.
Orange is the colour of Chelsea Goalkeeper Petr Cechs new Jersey. He chose he colour because it makes the wearer appear larger, therefore causing distraction in opposing strikers.
Orange is the dominant colour of KTMmotorcycle manufacturer along with Black and Silver.
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