Shades of orange

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Main article: Orange (color)
An orange light shows variations of the color orange.
Orange
Color icon orange v2.svg
 — Spectral coordinates —
Wavelength 585–620 nm
About these coordinates

— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #FF7F00
RGBB (r, g, b) (255, 127, 0)
HSV (h, s, v) (30°, 100%, 100%)
Source HTML Color Chart @30
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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

Orange pigments are largely in the ochre or cadmium families.

Contents

[edit] Orange (color wheel)


Orange (color wheel)
About these coordinates

— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #FF7F00
RGBB (r, g, b) (255, 127, 0)
HSV (h, s, v) (30°, 100%, 100%)
Source HTML Color Chart @30
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is the color orange, also known as color wheel orange. This 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.

[edit] Variations of orange

[edit] Papaya whip

Papaya Whip
About these coordinates

— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #FFEFD5
RGBB (r, g, b) (255, 239, 213)
HSV (h, s, v) (40°, 97%, 97%)
Source X11
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the web color papaya whip, a pale tint of orange.

Papaya whip is a representation of the color that would result if mashed papayas were blended with vanilla ice cream, whipped cream, or yogurt.[citation needed]


[edit] Melon

A cantaloupe from Australia
Melon
About these coordinates

— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #FDBCB4
RGBB (r, g, b) (253, 188, 180)
HSV (h, s, v) (7°, 29%, 99[1]%)
Source Crayola
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the color melon.

This color 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.[2]

In 1949, "melon" was formulated as one of the Crayola colors.


[edit] Atomic tangerine

Atomic Tangerine
About these coordinates

— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #FF9966
RGBB (r, g, b) (255, 153, 102)
HSV (h, s, v) (20°, 100%, 75%)
Source Crayola
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the color atomic tangerine.

This color was formulated by Crayola in 1990.


[edit] Tea rose

Tea Rose (orange)
About these coordinates

— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #F88379
RGBB (r, g, b) (248, 131, 121)
HSV (h, s, v) (16°, 70%, 70%)
Source ISCC-NBS
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the color tea rose.

This color is the color of a type of orange rose called a tea rose.[3]

The first recorded use of tea rose as a color name in English was in 1884.[4] The source of this color is the following website: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color Sample of Tea Rose (color sample #26)

[edit] Carrot orange

Carrots
Carrot Orange
About these coordinates

— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #ED9121
RGBB (r, g, b) (237, 145, 33)
HSV (h, s, v) (33°, 86%, 93%)
Source Maerz and Paul
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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.[5]


[edit] Orange peel

Orange fruit and cross section
Orange Peel
About these coordinates

— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #FF9F00
RGBB (r, g, b) (255, 159, 0)
HSV (h, s, v) (38°, 100%, 100%)
Source Maerz and Paul
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the color orange peel.

A discussion of the difference between the color orange (the color halfway between red and yellow, shown below 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.[6] "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.[7]

[edit] Orange (web color)

Orange (web color)
About these coordinates

— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #FFA500
RGBB (r, g, b) (255, 165, 0)
HSV (h, s, v) (32°, 100%, 100%)
Source X11
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is the web color called orange. It is defined in CSS as the hex triplet FFA500.

[edit] Dark orange (web color)

Dark Orange
About these coordinates

— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #FF8C00
RGBB (r, g, b) (255, 140, 0)
HSV (h, s, v) (34°, 100%, 94%)
Source X11
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The web color called dark orange is at the right.

[edit] Princeton orange

Princeton Orange
About these coordinates

— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #F46F1B
RGBB (r, g, b) (244, 111, 27)
HSV (h, s, v) (34°, 100%, 100[8]%)
Source Heraldic
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The color Princeton orange is displayed at right.

This is the color that symbolizes Princeton University.

The first recorded use of Princeton orange as a color name in English was in 1928.[9]


[edit] Tangerine

The first recorded use of tangerine as a color name in English was in 1899.[10]

[edit] Pumpkin

The Cucurbita upon which the color "pumpkin" is based.

Pumpkin is a color that resembles pumpkins.

The first recorded use of pumpkin as a color name in English was in 1922.[11]

Pumpkin or orange is used with black for Halloween decorations.

[edit] Tomato

Tomato
About these coordinates

— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #FF6347
RGBB (r, g, b) (255, 99, 71)
HSV (h, s, v) (15°, 75%, 50%)
Source X11
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The web color tomato is a medium reddish-orange color that is the color of actual supermarket tomatoes. Many vine-ripened tomatoes are a bit redder. The color of tomato soup is slightly less saturated. The color tomato is displayed at right.

A bowl of tomato soup

The first recorded use of tomato as a color name in English was in 1891.[12]

When the X11 color names were invented in the 1987, the color tomato was formulated as one of them. In the early 1990s, the X11 colors became known as the X11 web colors.

[edit] Bittersweet

Bittersweet
About these coordinates

— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #FE6F5E
RGBB (r, g, b) (254, 111, 94)
HSV (h, s, v) (6°, 63%, 100[13]%)
Source Crayola
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The color bittersweet is displayed at right.

The first recorded use of bittersweet as a color name in English was in 1892.[14]

In 1949, "bittersweet" was made into a Crayola color.

[edit] Persian orange

Persian Orange
About these coordinates

— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #D99058
RGBB (r, g, b) (217, 144, 88)
HSV (h, s, v) (26°, 59%, 85[15]%)
Source ISCC-NBS
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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.[16]

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.[17]

[edit] Alloy orange

Alloy Orange
About these coordinates

— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #C46210
RGBB (r, g, b) (196, 98, 16)
HSV (h, s, v) (27°, 92%, 77[18]%)
Source Crayola
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the color alloy 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.

[edit] Burnt orange

Burnt Orange
About these coordinates

— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #CC5500
RGBB (r, g, b) (204, 85, 0)
HSV (h, s, v) (25°, 100%, 80%)
Source University of Texas at Austin[19]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Burnt orange has been used as a color name for this medium dark shade of orange since 1915.[20] This color is one variation that is used as a school color of Auburn University, Virginia Tech, University of Texas at Austin, Westwood High School (Austin, Texas), and Mesa Verde High School (Citrus Heights, California). 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. The NHL's San Jose Sharks also use burnt orange as a secondary color.

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

[edit] Bittersweet shimmer

Bittersweet Shimmer
About these coordinates

— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #BF4F51
RGBB (r, g, b) (191, 79, 81)
HSV (h, s, v) (359°, 59%, 75[21]%)
Source Crayola
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the color bittersweet shimmer.

Bittersweet shimmer 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.

[edit] Brown

Main article: Brown

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

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #FDBCB4 (Melon):
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930--McGraw-Hill--Discussion of color Tea Rose, Page 183
  4. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 183
  5. ^ 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
  6. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930--McGraw-Hill--Discussion of color Orange, Page 170
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #F46F1B (Princeton Orange):
  9. ^ 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
  10. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 205; Color Sample: Tangerine Page 27 Plate 2 Color Sample H11
  11. ^ 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
  12. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 205; Color Sample of Tomato: Page 29 Plate 3 Color Sample I12
  13. ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #FE6F5E (Bittersweet):
  14. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 190; Color Sample of Bittersweet: Page 29 Plate 3 Color Sample J12
  15. ^ web.forrett.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code #D99058 (Persian Orange) :
  16. ^ 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
  17. ^ Now called "Persian Orange No. 1" (Guy Fay, Andy Kraushaar, Original Allis-Chalmers, 1933-1957 2000:121; My Allis-Chalmers story
  18. ^ web.forrett.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code #C46210 (Alloy Orange):
  19. ^ "Visual Guidelines - Graphics - Colors". University of Texas at Austin. 2007-06-06. http://www.utexas.edu/visualguidelines/vg_colors.html. Retrieved 2009-06-12. 
  20. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York: 1930--McGraw-Hill (see under Burnt Orange in Index, Page 191)
  21. ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #BF4F51 (Bittersweet Shimmer):
Shades of orange
Amber Apricot Atomic tangerine Bittersweet Brown Burnt orange Carrot orange Champagne Coral Dark salmon
                   
Deep carrot orange ECE/SAE Amber Flame Gamboge Gold Gold (metallic) International orange Lion Mahogany Old gold
                   
Orange Orange (web) Orange-red Orange peel Papaya whip Peach Peach-orange Peach-yellow Persian orange Portland Orange
                   
Princeton orange Pumpkin Rust Safety orange Salmon Satin sheen gold Sunset Tangelo Tangerine Tea rose
                   
Tenné Tomato Vermilion
     
The samples shown above are only indicative.
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