In our continuation of rainbow week on Moss and Fog, we focus on Orange.

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Orange is the colour between yellow and red on the spectrum of visible light. Human eyes perceive orange when observing light with a dominant wavelength between roughly 585 and 620 nanometres. In painting and traditional colour theory, it is a secondary colour of pigments, created by mixing yellow and red.

Orange is a lovely color, associated with amusement, extroverts, warmth, aroma, and, of course, the season of autumn. Orange is also important to Christians, Buddhists, and Hindus.

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Egyptian and Nubian art often used orange colors to paint humans.

We’ve curated a collection of lovely orange imagery, take a look and peek at our accompanying Pinterest board.


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Ben VanderVeen is the founder and editor of Moss & Fog, one of the web’s longest-running visual culture destinations. Since 2009, he’s been finding and framing the most beautiful, surprising, and thought-provoking work in art, architecture, design, and nature — reaching over 325,000 readers each month. He lives in Portland, Oregon.

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