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Orange (colour)

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See also Orange for other meanings of the word.

The color orange occurs between red and yellow in the visible spectrum at a wavelength of about 620-585 nanometres. It is the same color as the fruit for which it was named.

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With natural coloring materials such as paints or crayons, orange can be derived from primary colors by mixing red and yellow.

Its contrasting color is blue.

Variations of the color orange

The color orange is often used for visibility enhancement. Hats, garments, vests and accessories are available for hunters and highway workers and others whose safety relies on being seen from a distance. The standard color, international or blaze orange is principally used and is thought to provide optimum contrast to colors existing in nature. Telephone and fiber optic cables are often encased in orange polyethylene tubing. The Golden Gate Bridge is painted international orange.

Orange pigments are largely in the ochre or cadmium families.

Brown is actually on the orange part of the color spectrum.

Burnt orange is one variation that is used as a school color of The University of Texas at Austin. Here is a sample of burnt orange: [1]

Color Coordinates

Hex triplet = #FFA500
RGB    (r, g, b)    =  (255, 165, 0)
CMYK   (c, m, y, k) =  (0, 89, 255, 0)
HSV    (h, s, v)    =  (38, 100, 100)


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