Mark's Pages

Intro | Music | Fiction | Photography | Travel | Workbook Links | TriadCity

Color: Orange

"Before the orange fruit 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)."

In English heraldry, orange denotes strength, honour, generosity, and prosperity. However, its use as a heraldic tincture is relatively rare.
Orange signifies Protestantism in Northern Ireland (see Orange Institution) and to a lesser extent in the Republic of Ireland (the orange part of whose flag represents the Protestant population) and Hinduism in India and Sri Lanka.
Orange has become a colour symbolising opposition around the world.
Orange was the rallying colour of the 2004–2005 Orange Revolution in Ukraine.
Native Americans associated the colour orange with kinship.
Orange is the contrasting colour of blue and is highly visible against a clear sky. Therefore, orange is often used in safety.
In the United States Army, orange is the colour of the United States Army Signal Corps.
Orange is a song by alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols.

--Wikipedia, "Orange"

Click a thumbnail to see the big picture.

back to Color main page
back to Photography main page