Variations of orange
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Orange pigments are largely in the ochre or cadmium families.
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[edit] Tea Rose
Tea Rose (orange) | ||
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— Color coordinates — |
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Hex triplet | #F88379 | |
B | (r, g, b) | (248, 131, 121) |
HSV | (h, s, v) | (16°, 70%, 70%) |
Source | ISCC-NBS | |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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At right is displayed the color tea rose.
This color is the color of a type of orange rose called a tea rose [1].
The first recorded use of tea rose as a color name in English was in 1884.[2] 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
Orange peel | ||
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— Color coordinates — |
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Hex triplet | #FFA000 | |
B | (r, g, b) | (255, 160, 0) |
HSV | (h, s, v) | (38°, 100%, 100%) |
Source | [Unsourced] | |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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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.[3]
The first recorded use of orange peel as a colour name in English was in 1839.[4]
[edit] Orange (web color)
Orange (web color) | ||
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Hex triplet | #FFA500 | |
B | (r, g, b) | (255, 165, 0) |
HSV | (h, s, v) | (32°, 100%, 100%) |
Source | [Unsourced] | |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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At right is the web color orange. It is defined in CSS as the hex triplet FFA500.
[edit] Dark orange (web color)
Dark orange | ||
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— Color coordinates — |
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Hex triplet | #FF8C00 | |
B | (r, g, b) | (255, 140, 0) |
HSV | (h, s, v) | (34°, 100%, 94%) |
Source | [Unsourced] | |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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The web color called dark orange is at the right.
[edit] Tangerine
Tangerine | ||
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— Color coordinates — |
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Hex triplet | #f28500 | |
B | (r, g, b) | (243, 132, 0) |
HSV | (h, s, v) | (28°, 100%, 95%) |
Source | [Unsourced] | |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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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. [5]
[edit] Tangelo
Tangelo | ||
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Hex triplet | #F94D00 | |
B | (r, g, b) | (249, 77, 0) |
HSV | (h, s, v) | (23°, 100%, 90%) |
Source | [Unsourced] | |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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Tangelo is a shade of orange that is the color of the outer skin of the tangelo fruit.
[edit] Carrot orange
Carrot orange | ||
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Hex triplet | #ED9121 | |
B | (r, g, b) | (237, 145, 33) |
HSV | (h, s, v) | (33°, 86%, 93%) |
Source | [Unsourced] | |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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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. [6]
[edit] Deep carrot orange
Deep carrot orange | ||
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Hex triplet | #E9692C | |
B | (r, g, b) | (255, 150, 0) |
HSV | (h, s, v) | (34°, 76%, 84%) |
Source | [Unsourced] | |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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Deep carrot orange is a tint of carrot orange that is the color of cooked carrots.
[edit] Burnt orange
Burnt orange | ||
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Hex triplet | #CC5500 | |
B | (r, g, b) | (204, 85, 0) |
HSV | (h, s, v) | (25°, 100%, 80%) |
Source | [Unsourced] | |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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Burnt orange has been used as a color name for this dark shade of orange since 1915 [7]. 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.
Burnt orange was popular in interior design in the 1970s.
[edit] Brown
Brown | ||
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— Color coordinates — |
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Hex triplet | #964B00 | |
B | (r, g, b) | (150, 75, 0) |
HSV | (h, s, v) | (30°, 100%, 59%) |
Source | [Unsourced] | |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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Brown is actually derived from the orange part (orange + grey) of the color spectrum. It can be described as dark orange.
[edit] References
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930--McGraw-Hill--Discussion of color Tea Rose, Page 183
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 183
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930--McGraw-Hill--Discussion of color Orange, Page 170
- ^ 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.
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 205; Color Sample: Tangerine Page 27 Plate 2 Color Sample H11
- ^ 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
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York: 1930--McGraw-Hill (see under Burnt Orange in Index, Page 191)