Tangerine
- HEX
- #F28500
- RGB
- 242 133 0
- HSL
- 33° 100% 47%
- CMYK
- 0 45 100 5
Tangerine or Burnt orange?
Lighter and yellower than burnt orange.
Language
Tangerine means 'of Tangier', the Moroccan port that shipped the fruit, a kind of mandarin. The word appears in 1710 for a native of Tangier; the fruit has been called a tangerine since the 1840s.
Design
Pantone named Tangerine Tango its Color of the Year for 2012.
Kin
- Orange: Another color named after a citrus fruit
- Magenta: Another color named, indirectly, after a place
Sources
- Wikipedia, 'Tangerine' (Tangier; OED 1710)
- Pantone, Color of the Year 2012: Tangerine Tango 17-1463
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