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Color:
Bright Orange


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Colors with the same hue:
Golden brown
Antique Gold
Raw umber
Faded Brown
Harvest gold
Driftwood
Gamboge
Soft Orange
Dynamic
Marigold
Bright yellow 
Camel
Desert
Fallow
Lion
Wood brown
Indian yellow
Sunray
Butternut
Pebble
Pale gold
Topaz
Almond
Bisque
Flesh
Linen
Isabelline
Similar colors:
Soft Orange
Bright yellow 
Spanish yellow
Mango
Amber
Gamboge
Honey
Ripe mango
Golden poppy
Marigold
Sunflower
Xanthous
Dark orange
Harvest gold
Urobilin
Tangerine
Saffron
Sunglow
Fulvous
Striking Gold
Jonquil
Goldenrod
Neroli
Butterscotch
Heat Wave
Bold Yellow
Curry
Cadmium orange
Sunny Gold
Citrine
Words evoked by this color:
dijon,  mustard,  tang,  tangier,  jaffa,  kumquat,  hamlin,  clementine,  orang,  ange,  satsuma,  navel,  clemente,  sporange,  range,  sacral,  pekoe,  sidecar,  harvesting,  marmalade,  carot,  carrot,  nagpur,  ramanuja,  orr,  ora,  florida,  sociable,  changes,  motivational,  slice,  jamboree,  spreading,  spread,  geiger,  season,  seasonality,  nacho,  snack,  plow,  gregarious,  animate,  enthuse,  extrovert,  boosting,  enthusiastically,  bhutan,  concentrate,  illustrator,  handling
Literary analysis:
In literary descriptions, bright orange is often employed as a striking, vivid hue that brings both natural beauty and a sense of dynamic energy to a scene. Writers use it to evoke the warmth and vibrancy of nature—consider the bright orange marigolds scattered into a tempting bowl of broth ([1]) and the trees glowing in brilliant hues of bright orange and blood red in an autumn landscape ([2]). The color is not limited to nature alone; it also appears in detailed portrayals of everyday objects and characters, as with a houseboat painted a bright orange ([3]) or the bold attire that hints at a character’s colorful personality. Even in nuanced depictions where bright orange contrasts with other colors—such as in the elaborate markings of birds or insects—it serves as a focal point that infuses the narrative with life and visual intensity ([4]).
  1. Susan had now poured the broth into a basin, and as she strewed over it the bright orange marigolds, it looked very tempting.
    — from The Parent's Assistant; Or, Stories for Children by Maria Edgeworth
  2. The trees on our side of the river were still green, on the other bank they were bright orange, blood red and all the tints of a Serbian autumn.
    — from The Luck of Thirteen: Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia by Jan Gordon
  3. Barby had spotted the houseboat, which at that time was painted a bright orange.
    — from The Flying Stingaree: A Rick Brant Science-Adventure Story by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin
  4. A pair of bright orange orioles had a nest in the sycamore, though I never should have known it had I not seen them go to it to feed their young.
    — from A-Birding on a Bronco by Florence Merriam Bailey

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