We all have a favorite color and whether intentionally or unintentionally, most of our belongings are of that color. Be it clothes, accessories, and even shoes. Some people go as far as buying stationery and other items of their favorite color. Well, there is nothing wrong with it, right? So all the lovers for orange color, we will present today some very fascinating facts about orange color and we bet you didn't know these.
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#1 Representing important global issues
Orange is the color worn to represent many important issues globally. Some common issues included are animal cruelty, and self-harm.
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#2 Golden Gate Bridge
The Golden Gate Bridge is orange in color. Unbelievable right? The color is actually called International Orange. It is used by the space agencies to make it stand out strongly in space.
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#3 Buddhists
Buddhists commonly wear orange-colored robes. While many will think that these colors are used for some deep reason they are wrong here. This color is used because it is a very common color available to dye robes with.
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#4 Astronauts
Astronauts wear orange space suits while in the shuttle but once outside the shuttle they must change to white suit.
#5 Vincent Van Gough
Vincent Van Gough was a big fan of orange color and used to say that there is no blue without yellow and orange.
#6 Stradivari
Stradivari is famous for its violins. Often they sell their musical instrument for $1 million at auction. It is commonly believed that their sound is so beautiful partly because of orange varnish inside.
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#7 Netherland
Netherland is a big fan of orange color. The Dutch royal family’s color is orange, and this is the color of their national team’s jersey as well.
#8 Orange Day
The 25th of every month is celebrated as "Orange Day." A day dedicated to solving issues of violence towards women.
#9 Carrots
Carrots are not orange in color and the Dutch are to blame for this. Their original color is purple but dutch cross-bred them with a white/yellow vegetable to create the orange color we know today.
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#10 Canary birds
Canary birds' original color is not orange. Again the reason here is a crossbreed. But this time we cannot blame Dutch here.
#11 Orange originally is green in color
The fruit orange is originally green in color. It changes to orange color as the weather changes. In hotter regions, it remains green.
#12 'Oranje'
The Dutch soccer team is called "Oranje" for reasons very obvious now.
#13 San Francisco Giants.
Just like the Dutch soccer team, there are many other countries that equally love this color. For example, we have the San Francisco Giants.
#14 Orange and green color confusion for the fruit
In countries like Vietnam and Thailand, oranges are originally bright green in color nevertheless they taste like orange. We hope this helps to clear the confusion.
#15 Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra loved the color orange and used to believe that this is the happiest color.
