Orange (colour)
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- For other uses, see Orange (disambiguation).
Template:Infobox color The colour orange occurs between red and yellow in the visible spectrum at a wavelength of about 620-585 nanometres. It is the same colour as the fruit for which it was named. 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 or yellored (pronounced the same).
With natural colouring materials such as paints or crayons, orange or "yellored" is a secondary colour that can be derived from primary colours by mixing red (or more accurately, magenta) and yellow.
This 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, and generosity. Its use as a heraldic tincture is relatively rare.
- Orange is the national colour of The Netherlands, due to its royal family originating from the principality of Orange-Nassau. It is the primary colour of many of the national sports teams. The nickname of the Dutch national soccer (football) team is Oranje, the Dutch word for orange.
- Orange signifies Protestantism in Northern Ireland (see Orange Order) and Hinduism in India, and is used as a rallying color by Jewish settlers in the Gaza Strip.
- Orange was the rallying colour of the 2004-2005 Orange Revolution in Ukraine.
- Orange is the party colour of
- Fidesz-MPSZ in Hungary
- CD&V, Flanders, Belgium
- 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 Party, United Kingdom
Orange also is symbolic of the political concept of Democratic Socialism.
Variations of the colour orange
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 of the colour spectrum.
International orange
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The standard colour, international or blaze orange is principally used and is thought to provide optimum contrast to colours existing in nature. Hats, garments, vests and accessories are available for hunters and highway workers and others whose safety relies on being seen from a distance. Telephone and fibre optic cables are often encased in orange polyethylene tubing. The Golden Gate Bridge is painted international orange.
Burnt orange
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Burnt orange is one variation that is used as a school colour of the University of Texas at Austin. Here is a sample of burnt orange: [1] (http://www.utexas.edu/visualguidelines/vg_colors.html). Burnt orange can also be created using #CC5500.
See also
| Electromagnetic Spectrum
Radio waves | Microwave | Terahertz radiation | Infrared | Optical spectrum | Ultraviolet | X-ray | Gamma ray Visible: Red | Orange | Yellow | Green | Blue | Indigo | Violet |
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