LiFe In CoLoUr

  Orange

Orange combines the energy of red and the happiness of yellow. It is associated with joy, sunshine, and the tropics. Orange represents enthusiasm, fascination, happiness, creativity, determination, attraction, success, encouragement, and stimulation.

To the human eye, orange is a very hot color, so it gives the sensation of heat. Nevertheless, orange is not as aggressive as red. Orange increases oxygen supply to the brain, produces an invigorating effect, and stimulates mental activity. It is highly accepted among young people. As a citrus color, orange is associated with healthy food and stimulates appetite. Orange is the color of fall and harvest. In heraldry, orange is symbolic of strength and endurance.

Orange has very high visibility, so you can use it to catch attention and highlight the most important elements of your design. Orange is very effective for promoting food products and toys.

Dark orange can mean deceit and distrust.
Red-orange corresponds to desire, sexual passion, pleasure, domination, aggression, and thirst for action.
Gold evokes the feeling of prestige. The meaning of gold is illumination, wisdom, and wealth. Gold often symbolizes high quality.

Birds fill an orange sky over Germany’s Wattenmeer National Park.

Sunset casts a spurred boot in silhouette in Santa Fe, New Mexico. 

A tubastraea coral waves its wispy, orange tentacles near Sangeang Island, Indonesia. 

The pastel-orange of the Grand Canyon's sandstone walls dominates the view from the vantage known as SB Point. 

Molten glass is turned into insulation at the Johns-Manville Corporation in Berlin, New Jersey The orange-hot fluid is forced through holes in a palladium sheet to form long, thin fibers.

Here, three giraffes in Botswana's Okavango Delta stretch their necks above the horizon before a glowing orange sky.

The dusty-orange, beehive-shaped huts of Tall Mardĭkh, Syria, were built some 200 years ago by an ancient method which has since been lost. The shape and materials of these mud-brick dwellings help them remain cool in summer and warm in winter.

Knobby haystacks dot a wheat field in Malazgirt, Turkey, as sunset bathes two workers in hazy orange light.

This toxic orange Godiva nudibranch was photographed in the Raja Ampat islands, Papua, Indonesia. There are over 3,000 known species of these colorful sea slug relatives, and new ones are discovered nearly every day.

An orange-tinged sunset provides the backdrop for a sailboat on Lake Michigan. 

Scorpians have survived for hundreds of millions of years by being extremely adaptable. 

Sunset colors the sand around Australia's famed dingo fence, a 3,355-mile (5,400-kilometer) barrier that crosses the country's desert interior and separates cattle and sheep from predatory wild dogs.

A burning orange sun sets behind a fringe of pampas grass in Japan. Japan's nickname, "The Land of the Rising Sun," is derived from the Chinese ideograph meaning "place of the sun's origin."

Vibrant tulips brighten the Samuels Bulb Garden at St. Louis's Missouri Botanical Garden.