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orange

orange

93 1.0
A color between red and yellow like ripe citrus fruit
  • noun
  • /ˈɔrɪndʒ/
translation icon : 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

tangerine
vsorange
4 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
red-orange
vsorange
1 1.7

A color like orange but more red

is the basic hue between red and yellow, not strongly red
reddish orange
vsorange
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

91 1.0

A drink people make from oranges, often fresh or bottled

Agent Orange
  • Literature
9 7.6

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

5 1.4

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

4 2.8

A piece of land planted with orange trees to grow oranges

4 1.0

A tree that grows round sweet fruit you can eat

4 1.0

A fizzy sweet drink that tastes of orange

4 2.8

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

2 8.7

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

A small sweet orange fruit that is easy to peel

1 2.1

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

1 2.2

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

1 1.7

A color like orange but more red

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

1 7.7

A high quality black tea made from young tea leaves

Having the color of a ripe orange

1 2.0

A color that is between orange and red

cadmium orange
  • Specialized
1 9.3

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

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

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

1 2.7

A brown color with a touch of orange

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

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

1 5.0

A tree that makes bitter oranges used as root for other orange trees and for marmalade

1 3.7

A very tart orange used in cooking and for making marmalade

1 8.5

A small tree with fragrant flowers and bitter, inedible fruit

A colour between yellow and orange, like a sunset

A color between yellow and orange, like a sunset

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

A tree that produces sour oranges used for marmalade and grafting

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

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

A light brown color with orange tones

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

A bright orange color with a red tone like fire

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 bright orange colour like the skin of the fruit

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

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

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

A sweet orange with thick skin and almost no seeds

native orange
  • Australian
9.9

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

A color like orange with a little red

An orange color that looks more red than yellow

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

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 plant with bright orange-yellow flowers grown to decorate gardens

A low spreading plant with small orange-yellow flowers

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

9.9

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

Orange Group
  • Offensive
9.9

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

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

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

A Protestant armed group in Northern Ireland known for attacks on Catholic people and opposition to peace talks

A bright yellow color with a small touch of orange

9.9

Small Australian orchid with loose groups of scented white flowers marked purple and orange

A bright red color with a strong orange tone

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

A plant that lives for several years with drooping orange-yellow flowers that can make sheep sick

Toasted bread with butter, sugar, and grated orange peel

A plant that has orange flowers

About as big as an orange

Having the color of a ripe orange

9.9

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

An orange color with a hint of pink

A color between pink and orange

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

How Bright

orange
93 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.