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orange-colored

orange-colored

1 1.0
Having the color of a ripe orange
  • adjective
  • /ˈɔrɪndʒˌkʌlərd/
translation icon : color naranja
  • The blinking, orange-colored letters meant that it was not an automated response from the study program, but that the main city computer was communicating directly with him.
  • orange-colored message

But I really love the burnt orange colour, which is actually what I'm going to just wash over my lid.

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Examples

  • She wore an orange-colored sombrero, and it was like a halo.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Suddenly, the orange-colored message appeared on the display screen.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • The screen still displayed the orange-colored message.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • Take off your orange-colored shades, buddy, and start talking sense.

    Blog text (32)

  • Los Angeles with her orange-colored sombrero, her face and shoulders glowing from having spent another day under a sunny sky without a trace of a cloud.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • The sunset painted the sky a beautiful orange-colored hue.

  • She wore a bright orange-colored dress to the party.

  • The orange-colored fruit on the tree looked ripe and ready to eat.

Synonyms

orange
vsorange-colored
577 1.0

Having the color between red and yellow like ripe citrus fruit

is a general description stating that same ripe fruit hue
orangey
vsorange-colored
  • Informal
2 3.6

A little like the color orange

refers to the pure hue rather than a weaker version
orangish
vsorange-colored
1 4.0

A color that looks a little like orange between red and yellow

names the straightforward ripe fruit hue rather than a mixed one
yellowish-orange
vsorange-colored
1 3.0

A colour between yellow and orange, like a sunset

indicates the pure hue without extra yellow tint
yellow-orange
vsorange-colored
1 1.9

A color between yellow and orange, like a sunset

means the hue itself rather than a yellow-leaning mixture
orange-hued
vsorange-colored
3.6

Having the color of a ripe orange

is the basic statement of having that same hue

How Orange

orange-colored
1 1.0
pale-hued
5.1

Surface Forms

orange-colored positive
orange colour positive

Morphology

orange-colored = orange + color (transparent) = orange + color + ed

The meaning is directly derived from 'orange' + 'color' + 'ed', indicating something having the color of an orange.

Etymology

Orange-colored comes from the fruit orange, a name that came into English from a word for the fruit in India and the Middle East. So orange-colored simply means 'the color of ripe oranges', named after the fruit's bright skin.