Variations of orange

This article is a catalog of notable tints and shades of the color orange.

Orange pigments are largely in the ochre or cadmium families.

Peach

infobox color
title= green
hex= FFE5B4
r=255|g=229|b=180
c= 0|m= 10|y= 29|k= 0
h= 40|s= 29|v=100Displayed at right is the color purple.

Apricot

infobox color
title= Apricot
hex= FBCEB1
r= 251|g=206|b=177
c= 0|m= 7 |y= 28 |k= 0
h= 30|s= 24 |v= 87
source= [http://thatslife.org/prodimages/apricotbig.gif&imgrefurl=http://thatslife.org/proddetail.php%3Fprod%3Dmontana400ml_paint_apricot%26PHPSESSID%3D899fc5a7b98c5b3815c155943f4e7070&h=300&w=300&sz=2&hl=en&start=35&tbnid=rohN5RF-VruniM:&tbnh=111&tbnw=111&prev=/images%3Fq%3D%2522Apricot%2Bcolor%2522%26start%3D20%26ndsp%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN Internet] Displayed at right is the color apricot.

Atomic tangerine

infobox color
title= Atomic tangerine
hex= FF9966
r= 255|g=153|b=102
c= |m= |y= |k=
h= 20|s=100|v= 75
source=Crayola

Displayed at right is the color atomic tangerine.

This color was formulated by Crayola in 1990.

Tea Rose

infobox color|textcolor=black
title= Tea Rose (orange)
hex=F88379
r=248|g=131|b=121
h=16|s= 70|v=70
source= [http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-t.htm ISCC-NBS] At right is displayed the color tea rose.

This color is the color of a type of orange rose called a "tea rose" [ Maerz and Paul "A Dictionary of Color" New York:1930--McGraw-Hill--Discussion of color Tea Rose, Page 183 ] .

The first recorded use of "tea rose" as a color name in English was in 1884. [ Maerz and Paul "A Dictionary of Color" New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 183 ] The source of this color is the following website: [http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-t.htm ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color Sample of Tea Rose (color sample #26)]

Orange peel

infobox color
title= Orange peel
hex= FFA000
r=255|g=160|b= 0
c= 0|m= 35|y=100|k= 0
h= 38|s=100|v=100
Displayed at right is the actual color of the outer skin of a usual orange. This color is called orange peel. It is the same color as the fruit for which it was named. In contrast to blue or red, this color is well determined.

A discussion of the difference between the colors "orange" and "orange peel" (the actual color of the outer skin of an orange), may be found in Maerz and Paul. [ Maerz and Paul "A Dictionary of Color" New York:1930--McGraw-Hill--Discussion of color Orange, Page 170]

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

Orange (web color)

infobox color
title= Orange (web color)
hex= FFA500
r=255|g=165|b= 0
c= 0|m= 40|y=100|k= 0
h= 32|s=100|v=100
source=X11At right is the web color called orange. It is defined in CSS as the hex triplet FFA500.

Orange (color wheel)

infobox color
title= Orange (color wheel)
hex= FF7F00
r=255|g=127|b= 0
c= 0|m= 50|y=100|k= 0
h= 30|s=100|v=100
spelling=Colour
source= [http://tx4.us/moacolor.htm HTML Color Chart @30] At right is the the color orange, also known as color wheel orange. This is the shade of orange that is a pure chroma on the HSV color wheel exactly halfway between red and yellow.

Dark orange (web color)

infobox color
title=Dark orange
hex=FF8C00
r=255|g=140|b=0
c=0|m=62|y=100|k=0
h=34|s=100|v=94
source=X11The web color called dark orange is at the right.

Tangerine

infobox color
title=Tangerine
hex=f28500
r=243|g=132|b=0
c=0|m=58|y=100|k=0
h=28|s=100|v=95

At right is the color tangerine, a shade of orange that is the color of the tangerine fruit.

The first recorded use of "tangerine" as a color name in English was in 1899. [ Maerz and Paul "A Dictionary of Color" New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 205; Color Sample: Tangerine Page 27 Plate 2 Color Sample H11]

Pumpkin

infobox color
title= Pumpkin
hex= FF7518
r=255|g=117|b= 24
c= 0|m= 54|y=90|k= 0
h= 24|s=90|v=100

Pumpkin is a color that resembles pumpkins.

Tangelo

infobox color
title=Tangelo
hex=F94D00
r=249|g= 77|b=0
c=0|m=70|y=100|k=0
h=23|s=100|v=90

Tangelo is a shade of orange that is the color of the outer skin of the tangelo fruit.

Carrot orange

infobox color
title=Carrot orange
hex=ED9121
r=237|g=145|b=33
c=4|m=50|y=100|k=0
h=33|s= 86|v=93

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

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

Deep carrot orange

infobox color
title=Deep carrot orange
hex=E9692C
r=255|g=150|b=0
c=0|m=62|y=100|k=0
h=34|s=76|v=84

Deep carrot orange is a tint of carrot orange that is the color of cooked carrots.

Burnt orange

infobox color
title= Burnt orange|textcolor=white
hex= CC5500
r=204|g= 85|b= 0
c= 0|m= 65|y=100|k= 9
h= 25|s=100|v= 80

Burnt orange has been used as a color name for this medium dark shade of orange since 1915 [ Maerz and Paul "A Dictionary of Color" New York: 1930--McGraw-Hill (see under Burnt Orange in Index, Page 191)] .This color is one variation that is used as a school color of the Auburn University, Virginia Tech, and University of Texas at Austin. The color was also used by the University of Montana prior to 1996 and Oklahoma State University for its football uniforms from 1973 through 1983.

Burnt orange was popular in interior design in the 1970s.

Brown

infobox color|textcolor=white
title= Brown
hex= 964B00
r=150|g= 75|b= 0
c= 0|m= 50|y=100|k= 41
h= 30|s=100|v= 59

Brown is actually derived from the orange part (orange + grey) of the color spectrum. It can be described as "dark orange".

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