Colors / Orange

shades of orange

A narrow, high-energy band between red and yellow, occupying roughly 11° to 40°.

The shade ramp

Same hue and saturation, brightness falling from near-white to near-black. This is what most people mean by “shades of orange”.

#F58536

#DC7830

#C36A2B

#AA5D25

#914F20

#78411A

#5F3415

#46260F

#2D190A

#140B04

Brightness ramp at hue 25°, saturation 78%.

The tint ramp

Same hue and brightness, saturation climbing from almost gray to full strength. Saturation is the channel players misjudge most often, because a washed-out orange and a vivid one carry the same name.

#EBE0D8

#EBD2C0

#EBC4A8

#EBB690

#EBA878

#EB9A60

#EB8C48

#EB7E30

#EB7018

#EB6200

Saturation ramp at hue 25°, brightness 92%.

Across the range

Everything the eye files under orange, sampled from 11° to 40°. Two colors at opposite ends of this strip still share one word.

#E04A28

#E05428

#E05E28

#E06828

#E07228

#E07C28

#E08528

#E08F28

#E09928

#E0A328

Hue sweep from 11° to 40°.

Named oranges

Tangerine#F28500
Amber#FFBF00
Burnt orange#CC5500
Coral#FF7F50
Rust#B7410E

Why orange is hard to remember

Orange loses its identity as brightness drops. Darken it and it reads as brown, which is why people who saw a dark orange often rebuild it far too saturated — they are correcting for a colour they mentally filed under a different name.

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