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The colour orange occurs between red and yellow in the visible spectrum at a wavelength of about 585–620 nanometres. It is a pure chroma in the colour theory, with a hue of 30° in HSV colour space. The complementary colour of orange is azure. Etymology The colour is named after the orange fruit. Before this was introduced to the English-speaking world, the colour was referred to (in Old English) as geoluhread, which translates into Modern English variously as yellow-red, yellowred, or yellored (all pronounced the same). Variations on the colour orange Orange peel At right is displayed the actual colour of the outer skin of an orange. This colour is called orange peel. For a discussion of the difference between the colours orange and orange peel (the actual colour of the outer skin of an orange), see the indicated reference. Web colour orange At right is the web colour orange. Web colour "dark orange" At right is the web colour dark orange. This is arguably a misnomer since this colour is actually a brighter shade of orange than the web colour orange. Tangerine At right is the colour tangerine, a shade of orange that is the colour of the tangerine fruit. Tangelo Tangelo is a shade of orange that is the colour of the outer skin of the tangelo fruit. Golden poppy Golden poppy is a shade of orange that is the colour of the California poppy. Carrot Carrot is a shade of orange that is the color of the raw carrot vegetable. It is displayed at right. Carrot orange Carrot orange is a shade of orange that is the color of cooked carrots. It is displayed at right. The first recorded use of carrot orange as a color name in English was in 1684. Burnt orange Burnt orange has been used as a colour name for this dark shade of orange since 1915 . Before that, it had been called Bole since 1386. This colour is one variation that is used as a school colour of the Auburn University, Clemson University, Virginia Tech, University of Texas at Austin, as well as the newly established University of Johannesburg*. Here is a sample of burnt orange: *. Burnt orange can also be created using Burnt Orange was popular in interior design in the 1970s. Orange 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. Orange in computer CSS It is the only named colour defined in CSS that is not also defined in HTML 4.01. Orange in human culture Heraldry Sports See also | |||||||
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