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orange

orange

66 1.0
A color between red and yellow like ripe citrus fruit
  • noun
  • /ˈɔrɪndʒ/
: naranja
  • The living room was decorated in orange tones, giving it a warm and inviting feel.
  • the color orange
  • yellow and orange
  • red and orange

It was black, white and this orange by a landslide.

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Examples

  • Peaks 1 and 3 are a deep orange, whereas peak 2 is light yellow.

    Academic text (2005)
  • The fires around the city reflected orange against the moving blackness of the river.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Just a taste of orange in there.

  • The orange in that really makes your eyes pop.

  • In the house below, the windows changed from a warm orange to a cold yellow.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Today, they range in color from bright orange, yellow, and vermilion to soft shades of pink.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Los Angeles offered me her tray of oranges that she always had handy.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • The sunset painted the sky in vibrant shades of orange, creating a beautiful backdrop.

  • His shirt was a bright orange, which made him stand out in the crowd.

Synonyms

red-orange
vsorange
1 1.7

A color like orange but more red

is the basic hue between red and yellow, not strongly red
tangerine
vsorange
1 2.3

A reddish orange color like the skin of a ripe fruit

is the standard middle hue rather than the vivid fruit-like tones
ocher
vsorange
  • US
1 7.9

A warm orange-yellow color like autumn leaves

is more centrally between red and yellow, not mainly yellowish
reddish orange
vsorange
1 1.6

An orange color that looks more red than yellow

is the middle hue between red and yellow, not biased to red

Idioms

A situation that is confusing and hard to understand

Compounds

107 1.0

A drink people make from oranges, often fresh or bottled

Agent Orange
  • Literature
15 7.6

A strong chemical sprayed in the Vietnam War to kill plants that caused long-term harm to people and land

7 1.4

The outer skin of an orange that adds flavor or becomes candy

7 1.0

A fizzy sweet drink that tastes of orange

5 2.8

A piece of land planted with orange trees to grow oranges

Having the color of a ripe orange

5 2.8

Thin outer skin of an orange grated to add flavor to food

5 1.0

A tree that grows round sweet fruit you can eat

3 2.1

The outer skin of an orange used to add flavor or decoration

A small sweet orange fruit that is easy to peel

2 2.0

A color that is between orange and red

2 8.7

A Protestant group in Northern Ireland that holds yearly parades celebrating union with Britain

1 1.6

A bright red color with a strong orange tone

1 7.7

A high quality black tea made from young tea leaves

A sweet spread made from oranges with small pieces of peel for bread or toast

1 1.7

A color like orange but more red

1 3.7

A very tart orange used in cooking and for making marmalade

A sweet alcoholic drink flavored with orange, used in cocktails and desserts

1 2.2

A seedless orange with a small navel-like bump at the top

A frozen concentrate of orange juice that you mix with water before drinking

1 1.0

A round fruit with sweet juice and orange skin

1 9.9

A small tree with thorny branches and large inedible greenish-yellow fruit

1 3.6

Having the color of a ripe orange

A bright yellow color with a small touch of orange

A color between yellow and orange, like a sunset

A color like orange with a little red

A thick frozen orange juice that you mix with water to drink

An orange color that looks more red than yellow

1 2.7

A brown color with a touch of orange

A colour between yellow and orange, like a sunset

A small, very sour orange used to make marmalade and flavoring

1 8.5

A small tree with fragrant flowers and bitter, inedible fruit

A light brown color with orange tones

A bitter sour orange used to make marmalade and to grow other citrus trees

1 5.3

Toasted bread with butter, sugar, and grated orange peel

cadmium orange
  • Specialized
1 9.3

An orange paint colour artists use that stays bright for a long time

A former province in central South Africa settled by Dutch farmers, renamed Free State in 1997

A sweet orange that is very juicy and often grown for juice

1 7.2

A bush or small tree with white, sweet smelling flowers grown in gardens

1 2.8

About as big as an orange

1 4.2

A sweet orange with thick skin and almost no seeds

An orange color with a hint of pink

1 4.4

A large river in southern Africa that flows west to the Atlantic and forms part of the border with Namibia

A tree that produces sour oranges used for marmalade and grafting

A bright orange colour like the skin of the fruit

A type of orange tree that produces small sour fruit and is used for grafting and marmalade

A plant that has orange flowers

1 3.8

A bright orange color with a red tone like fire

1 2.1

A color between pink and orange

1 5.3

A low plant with bright orange-yellow flowers grown to decorate gardens

A small amount of orange color that you can just see

A tree that grows sweet oranges used for eating and making juice

An apple eaten fresh with yellow to orange skin that tastes sweet and smells nice

A bright warm orange color like marmalade used for clothes and paint

1 9.9

A small North American weed with thin stems, tiny leaves, and yellow flowers

Orange Group
  • Offensive
1 9.9

An armed Protestant group in Northern Ireland that attacks Catholics and their property

trifoliate orange
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A small thorny Chinese tree with inedible orange fruit used as a base for citrus trees or hedges

A small citrus tree from Italy with pear-shaped fruit whose oil flavors tea and perfumes

1 7.9

A tall plant that lives for many years and has bright orange flowers that attract butterflies

1 9.9

A small wild plant with bright orange flowers often seen as a weed

4.9

A large sweet orange with easy to peel skin grown in Florida

A small tree from Southeast Asia that grows sweet, easy-to-peel orange fruit

A small orange tree that makes sour fruit used for marmalade and to start new orange trees

methyl orange
  • Specialized
7.2

An orange dye used in labs that changes color to show if a liquid is acidic or basic

native orange
  • Australian
9.9

A small Australian tree that has dark purple berries you can eat

8.3

A North American annual plant with yellow or orange flowers that grows in wet, acidic soil

orange bat
  • Australian
8.0

A bat with bright orange or yellow fur from northwest Australia

6.8

A small bat with orange fur that lives in forests in northwest Australia

A bog plant with spikes of orange-yellow flowers that grows in the southeastern United States

A fungus that grows on some mushrooms and makes them orange and bumpy

A low spreading plant with small orange-yellow flowers

A bright orange cup-shaped growth on the ground that looks like an orange peel

orange tortrix
  • Specialized
9.0

A small moth whose caterpillars feed on oranges and damage fruit crops

How Bright

orange red
1 1.6
orange
66 1.0
orange-brown
1 2.7

Surface Forms

orange singular
oranges plural

Etymology

Orange for the color was taken from the fruit orange — people used the bright look of ripe oranges as the name for that 'red-yellow' color, so the color word comes from the fruit.