Orange

Etymology

The colour is named after the orange fruit, after the appearance of the ripe fruit. Before this word was introduced to the Enlish-speaking world, the colour was referred to as geoluread(yellow-red).

The first recorded use of orange as a colour name in English was in 1512, in the court of King Henry VIII.

Symbolism

Academia

In the United States and Canada, orange regalia is associated with the field of engineering.

Geography and history

Historically and culturally, saffron, red and white have always been the most prominent colours of Hinduism and have been regulary worn, particulary in religious ceremonies, in India for more than 200 years.

Orange is the national colour of the Netherlands. The royal family, the House of Orange-Nassau, dervives its name in part from its former holding, the principality of Orange. (The title Prince of Orange is still used for the Dutch heir apparent.) Despite the fact that the name of the colour and the name of the principality have separate etymologies, the colour has come to be associated with the royal family and the Netherlands. In modern Dutch society the word oranje, 'orange' is ofter associated with the reigning royal house of the Netherlands. Oranjezonnetje('Orange Sun') designates good weather on the Queen's birthday, April 30. Orange is the colour of choice for many of the national sports teams and their supporters. the nickname of the Dutch national football team is Oranje, the Dutch word for orange. Oranjegekte ('Orange Mania') signifies the inclination of many Dutchmen to dress up in orange colours during soccer matches. In the modern flag of the Netherlands, red substitues the original orange, but on birthdays, the flag has an addtional orange banner. Most georgraphical usages of the word orange can be traced back to Dutch maritime power in the 17th century. The flag of New Amsterdam, uses orange as one of its colours and based on the flag of the United Netherlands used in1625.

The Republic of the Orange Free State (Dutch: OranjeVrijstaat) was an indpendent Boer republic in southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, and later a British colony and a province of the Union of South Africa. It is the historical precursor to the presentday Free State province. Extending between the Orange and Vall rivers, its borders were determined by the United Kingdom in 1848 when the region was proclaimed as the Orange River Sovereignty, with a seat of a British Resident in Bloemfontein.

Oranjemund ( German for:"Mouth of Orange") is a town situated in the extreme southwest of Namibia, on the northern bacnk of the Orange River mouth.

In Ireland the use of orange dates from the reign of William of Orange, the Protestant English king (1689-1702) a Dutch stadholder and the great-grandson of William the Silent. It became associated with Irish Unionist, especially Ulster Presbyterians. For that reason, the colour "orange" is on the Irish Flag.

Orange is also associated with many colleges as well as Professional Sports Teams our for example Orioles

Social

In English heraldry, orange is considered synonymous with the tincture tenne. However, its use as a heraldic tincture is relatively rare, as it is considered a "stain" by some. In continental heraldry, tenne is more often deemed to denote burnt orange colour.

The colours orange and black represent the secular holiday Halloween (31 October) because orange is the colour of pumpkins and black is the colour of night and is associated with doom, despair and darkness.

The colours oraqnge and brown represent the United States holiday Thanksgiving.

Orange is the contrasting colour of blue and is highly visible against a clear sky. Therefore, shades of orange such as safety orange are often used  in high visibility clothing and other safety equipment and objects.

Due to its brightness, orange is used in the construction industry on road signs and safety jackets to warn passers by of the pending dangers ahead.

Orange is used to promote awareness of self-injury.

Buddhist monks in the Theravada tradition typically wear saffron robes, although occasionally maroon, the colour normally worn by Vajrayana Buddhist monks is worn.