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Unit 9 · Designer's vocabulary

Burnt orange

HEX

#CC5500

RGB

204 85 0

HSL

25° 100% 40%

CMYK

0 58 100 20

Burnt orange or Tangerine?

Darker and redder than tangerine.

Compare: Tangerine

Language

Burnt orange has been a color name since 1915. It is a school color of the University of Texas at Austin, Auburn and Virginia Tech.

Kin

• Sienna: Burnt sienna: heat makes earth pigments darker and redder
• Umber: Painters' other 'burnt' color

Sources

• Wikipedia, 'Burnt orange' (since 1915)

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