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Orange (#FF7F00) This article is a catalog of notable tints and shades of the color orange. Orange pigments are largely in the ochre or cadmium families.
[edit] Papaya whip
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. [edit] PeachMain article: Peach (color)
Displayed at right is the color peach. [edit] ApricotMain article: Apricot (color)
Displayed at right is the color apricot.
[edit] Atomic tangerine
Displayed at right is the color atomic tangerine. This color was formulated by Crayola in 1990. [edit] Bittersweet
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
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
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)
At right is the web color called orange. It is defined in CSS as the hex triplet FFA500. [edit] Orange (color wheel)
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)
The web color called dark orange is at the right. [edit] TangerineMain article: Tangerine (color)
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] PumpkinMain article: Pumpkin (color)
Pumpkin is a color that resembles pumpkins. [edit] Tangelo
Tangelo is a shade of orange that is the color of the outer skin of the tangelo fruit. [edit] Carrot orange
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 is a tint of carrot orange that is the color of cooked carrots.
[edit] Burnt orange
Burnt orange has been used as a color name for this medium dark shade of orange since 1915 [10]. 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. 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] BrownMain article: Brown
Brown is actually derived from the orange part (orange + grey) of the color spectrum. It can be described as dark orange. [edit] References
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