Variations of orange

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Orange pigments are largely in the ochre or cadmium families.

Contents 1 Orange peel 2 Orange (web color) 3 Dark orange (web color) 4 Tangerine 5 Tangelo 6 Carrot orange 7 Deep carrot orange 8 Burnt orange 9 Brown 10 References

[edit] Orange peel

Orange peel
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#FFA000
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(255, 160, 0)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(38°, 100%, 100%)
Source		[Unsourced]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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. So in contrast to blue or red this color is well determined--see the samples.

For a discussion of the difference between the colors orange and orange peel (the actual color of the outer skin of an orange), see the indicated reference. ^[1]

The first recorded use of orange peel as a colour name in English was in 1839. ^[2]

[edit] Orange (web color)

Orange (web color)
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#FFA500
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(255, 165, 0)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(32°, 100%, 100%)
Source		[Unsourced]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is the web color orange. It is defined in CSS as the hex triplet FFA500.

[edit] Dark orange (web color)

Dark orange
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#FF8C00
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(255, 140, 0)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(34°, 100%, 94%)
Source		[Unsourced]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The web color called dark orange is at the right.

[edit] Tangerine

Tangerine
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#f28500
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(243, 132, 0)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(28°, 100%, 95%)
Source		[Unsourced]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Main 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. ^[3]

[edit] Tangelo

Tangelo
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#F94D00
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(249, 77, 0)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(23°, 100%, 90%)
Source		[Unsourced]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Tangelo is a shade of orange that is the color of the outer skin of the tangelo fruit.

[edit] Carrot orange

Carrot orange
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#ED9121
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(237, 145, 33)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(33°, 86%, 93%)
Source		[Unsourced]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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. ^[4]

[edit] Deep carrot orange

Deep carrot orange
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#E9692C
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(255, 150, 0)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(34°, 76%, 84%)
Source		[Unsourced]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Deep carrot orange is a tint of carrot orange that is the color of cooked carrots.

[edit] Burnt orange

Burnt orange
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#CC5500
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(204, 85, 0)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(25°, 100%, 80%)
Source		[Unsourced]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Burnt orange has been used as a color name for this dark shade of orange since 1915 ^[5]. This color is one variation that is used as a school color of the Auburn University, Clemson University, Virginia Tech, and University of Texas at Austin.

Burnt orange was popular in interior design in the 1970s.

[edit] Brown

Brown
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#964B00
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(150, 75, 0)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(30°, 100%, 59%)
Source		[Unsourced]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Main 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

1. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930--McGraw-Hill--Discussion of color Orange, Page 170
2. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 200; Colour Sample: Orange Peel Page 43 Plate 10 Color Sample L10.
3. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 205; Color Sample: Tangerine Page 27 Plate 2 Color Sample H11
4. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 192; Color Sample: Carrot Orange Page 43 Plate 10 Color Sample C11
5. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York: 1930--McGraw-Hill (see under Burnt Orange in Index, Page 191)