Orange (colour)

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Template:Infobox color The color orange occurs between red and yellow in the visible spectrum at a wavelength of about 585–620 nanometres.

1 History
2 In painting
3 In computer CSS
4 Usage, symbolism, colloquial expressions
5 Variations of the color orange
- 5.1 Burnt orange
6 See also
7 External link

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History

Before the orange fruit was introduced to the English-speaking world, the color was referred to (in Old English) as geoluhread, which transliterates into Modern English variously as yellow-red, yellowred, or yellored (all pronounced the same).

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In painting

With natural coloring materials such as paints or crayons, orange is a secondary color that can be derived from primary colors by mixing red (or more accurately, magenta) and yellow.

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In computer CSS

It is the only named color defined in CSS that is not also defined in HTML 4.01.

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Usage, symbolism, colloquial expressions

In English heraldry, orange denotes strength, honor, generosity, and prosperity. However, its use as a heraldic tincture is relatively rare.
Orange is the national color of The Netherlands, because its royal family originated from the French principality of Orange. It is the color of choice for many of the national sports teams and their supporters. The nickname of the Dutch national soccer (football) team is Oranje, the Dutch word for orange. 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. In Ireland the use of orange dates from the reign of William of Orange, the Protestant English king and a Dutch stadholder.
Orange signifies Protestantism in Northern Ireland (see Orange Order) and Hinduism in India and Sri Lanka.
Orange has become a color symbolising opposition around the world.
Orange was the rallying color of the 2004–2005 Orange Revolution in Ukraine.
Orange is used as a rallying color by Jewish settlers in the Gaza Strip who opposes the Gaza Pull-Out plan.
Orange is the party color of:
- Fidesz-MPSZ in Hungary
- CD&V, Flanders, Belgium
- People's National Party, Jamaica
- Free Patriotic Movement, Lebanon
- People First Party, Republic of China (Taiwan)
- New Democratic Party, Canada
- June List, Sweden
- Bharatiya Janata Party, India
- Pora or "High Time", Ukraine — see Orange Revolution
- Liberal Democrats, United Kingdom
- Social Democratic Party, Portugal
- People's Party (Spain) since 2005
- BZÖ, Jörg Haider's newly formed party in Austria
Orange is the corporate color of:
- Kall (Faroe Islands)
- Orange SA (French, operates internationally)
- easyJet (UK)
- Euskaltel (Spain) (including its cycling team Euskaltel Euskadi).
- eircom (Ireland) and its subsidiary:
  - Meteor Mobile Communications (Ireland)
- National Union (Israel)

Use in sport:
Orange is (usually) the color of the Netherlands national football team and all other Dutch national teams and Dutch athletes.
- In American collegiate athletics, orange is combined with other colors to form the colors for Auburn University, Clemson University, Princeton University, the University of Illinois, the University of Miami, Virginia Tech, Oklahoma State University, Oregon State University, University of Texas Longhorns, and University of Tennessee, among others. Orange is also the official color of Syracuse University and the name of its several sports teams.
- American professional teams that use orange as a primary color include the Baltimore Orioles and San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball, the Cleveland Browns, Cincinnati Bengals, and Denver Broncos of the National Football League, the Phoenix Suns and the Charlotte Bobcats of the National Basketball Association and the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League.
- Orange is the color of the second equipation of Valencia CF (Spain). The Land of Valencia has oranges as a traditional produce.
Orange is the primary color of the Adanaspor SK of Turkey.
The Hoover Crips set wears orange along with some Folk Nation sets.
Orange also may be symbolic of the political concept of Democratic Socialism.
Orange is the contrasting color of blue and is highly visible against a clear sky. Therefore, orange is often used in safety. See: Safety orange.
Orange is the color of the ball in Snooker Plus with an 8-point value.
Orange is also the color of J-league football team, Omiya Ardija.
In the United States Army, orange is the color of the United States Army Signal Corps.

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Variations of the color orange

It is the same color as the fruit for which it was named. So in contrast to Blue or Red this color is well determined - we see the samples.

The color orange is often used for visibility enhancement.

Orange pigments are largely in the ochre or cadmium families.

Brown is actually on the orange part (orange + grey) of the color spectrum.

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Burnt orange

Template:Infobox colorBurnt orange is one variation that is used as a school color of the University of Texas at Austin Longhorns. Here is a sample of burnt orange: [1]. Burnt orange can also be created using #CC5500. Variants of burnt orange are used as school colors at Auburn University, Clemson University, Virginia Tech, among others.

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