Variations of orange

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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 1 Peach 2 Apricot 3 Atomic tangerine 4 Bittersweet 5 Tea Rose 6 Orange peel 7 Orange (web color) 8 Orange (color wheel) 9 Dark orange (web color) 10 Tangerine 11 Pumpkin 12 Tangelo 13 Carrot orange 14 Deep carrot orange 15 Burnt orange 16 Brown 17 References

[edit] Peach

Peach
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#FFE5B4
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(255, 229, 180)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(40°, 29%, 100%)
Source		[Unsourced]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the color peach.

[edit] Apricot

Apricot
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#FBCEB1
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(251, 206, 177)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(30°, 24%, 87%)
Source		Internet
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the color apricot.

[edit] Atomic tangerine

Atomic tangerine
— 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] Bittersweet

Bittersweet
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#FE6F5E
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(254, 111, 94)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(6°, 63%, 100[1]%)
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. ^[2]

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

[edit] Tea Rose

Tea Rose (orange)
— 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] Orange peel

Orange peel
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#FFAA00
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(255, 160, 0)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(38°, 100%, 100%)
Source		[Unsourced]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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.^[5]

The first recorded use of orange peel as a colour name in English was in 1839.^[6]

[edit] Orange (web color)

Orange (web color)
— 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] Orange (color wheel)

Orange (color wheel)
— Colour 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 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.

[edit] Dark orange (web color)

Dark orange
— 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] Tangerine

Tangerine
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#f28500
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(243, 132, 0)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(28°, 100%, 95%)
Source		[Unsourced]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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. ^[7]

[edit] Pumpkin

Pumpkin
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#FF7518
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(255, 117, 24)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(24°, 90%, 100%)
Source		[Unsourced]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Pumpkin is a color that resembles pumpkins.

[edit] Tangelo

Tangelo
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#F94D00
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(249, 77, 0)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(23°, 100%, 90%)
Source		[Unsourced]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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

[edit] Carrot orange

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

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. ^[8]

[edit] Deep carrot orange

Deep carrot orange
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#E9692C
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(255, 150, 0)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(34°, 76%, 84%)
Source		[Unsourced]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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

[edit] Burnt orange

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

Burnt orange has been used as a color name for this medium dark shade of orange since 1915 ^[9]. 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.

[edit] Brown

Brown
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#964B00
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(150, 75, 0)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(30°, 100%, 59%)
Source		[Unsourced]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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

[edit] References

1. ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #FE6F5E (Bittersweet):
2. ^ 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
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--Discussion of color Orange, Page 170
6. ^ 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.
7. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 205; Color Sample: Tangerine Page 27 Plate 2 Color Sample H11
8. ^ 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
9. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York: 1930--McGraw-Hill (see under Burnt Orange in Index, Page 191)

v • d • e Shades of orange
Amber	Apricot	Carrot orange	Champagne	Coral	Brown	Burnt orange	Dark salmon	ECE/SAE Amber	Gamboge
International orange	Mahogany	Orange	Orange (web)	Orange-red	Orange peel	Peach	Peach-orange	Peach-yellow	Persimmon
Pink-orange	Portland Orange	Pumpkin	Rust	Safety orange	Salmon	Tangerine	Tenné (Tawny)	Tomato	Vermilion
The samples shown above are representative only.