Orange (colour)

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

History

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

In painting

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

In computer CSS

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

Usage, symbolism, colloquial expressions

In English heraldry, orange denotes strength, honour, generosity, and prosperity. However, its use as a heraldic tincture is relatively rare.
Orange is the national colour of The Netherlands, because its royal family ownes the principality of Orange. It is the colour 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 colour symbolising opposition around the world.
Orange was the rallying colour of the 2004–2005 Orange Revolution in Ukraine.
Orange is used as a rallying colour by Jewish settlers in the Gaza Strip who oppose the Gaza Pull-Out plan.
Orange is the party colour of:
- Fidesz-MPSZ in Hungary
- CD&V, Flanders, Belgium
- People's National Party, Jamaica
- The Justice and Truth Alliance, Romania
- 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
- National Union (Israel)
Orange is the corporate colour of:
- Kall (Faroe Islands)
- Orange SA (French, operates internationally)
- Moldcell (Republic of Moldova)
- easyJet (UK)
- Euskaltel (Spain) (including its cycling team Euskaltel Euskadi).
- eircom (Ireland) and its subsidiary:
  - Meteor Mobile Communications (Ireland)
- National Union (Israel)
- Rabobank (Netherlands)
- ING Groep N.V. (Netherlands/Global)

Use in sport:
Orange is (usually) the colour of the Netherlands national football team and all other Dutch national teams and Dutch athletes.
Orange is also the colour of the Ivory Coast national football team.
- In American collegiate athletics, orange is combined with other colours to form the colours 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 colour of Syracuse University and the name of its several sports teams.
- American professional teams that use orange as a primary colour 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 colour of the second equipation of Valencia CF (Spain). The Land of Valencia has oranges as a traditional produce.
Orange is the primary colour of the Adanaspor SK of Turkey.
Orange is the colour of Blackpool FC in England
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 colour of blue and is highly visible against a clear sky. Therefore, orange is often used in safety. See: Safety orange.
Orange is the colour of the ball in Snooker Plus with an 8-point value.
Orange is also the colour of J-league football team, Omiya Ardija.
In the United States Army, orange is the colour of the United States Army Signal Corps.

Variations of the colour orange

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

The colour 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 colour spectrum.

Burnt orange

Burnt orange is one variation that is used as a school colour of the University of Texas at Austin Longhorns as well as the newly established University of Johannesburg Here is a sample of burnt orange: [http://www.utexas.edu/visualguidelines/vg_colors.html. Burnt orange can also be created using #CC5500. Variants of burnt orange are used as school colours at Auburn University, Clemson University, Virginia Tech, among others.

External link

Orange Spectrum Colour Chart Listing

Shades of orange | Optical spectrum

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