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is a mixture of light and heat... it gives life to the harmonies of the dawn, and mingling with the dramatic scene of declining day, it adds its numberless vibrations to the endless novelty of spectacle which the sinking sun presents.

A mixture of light and heat... orange plays a brilliant part in the decoration of the universe. It gives life to the harmonies of the dawn, and mingling with the dramatic scene of declining day, it adds its numberless vibrations to the endless novelty of spectacle which the sinking sun presents. - Charles Blanc, Art in Ornament and Dress, 'Personal Adornment: Colours and Their Expression,' 1875, translated from French

is the color of the sun. As such it is a vital and a good color generally, indicating thoughtfulness and consideration of others.

Orange is the color of the sun. It is vital and a good color generally, indicating thoughtfulness and consideration of others.

is bright and demanding and one can't ignore orange things: leaves... some moons... marigolds... chrysanthemums... cheese... pumpkin, both in pie and out... orange juice... marmalade.

She liked anything orange: leaves... some moons... marigolds... chrysanthemums... cheese... pumpkin, both in pie and out... orange juice... marmalade. Orange is bright and demanding. You can't ignore orange things. She once saw an orange parrot in the pet store and had never wanted anything so much in her life. She would have named it Halloween and fed it butterscotch. Her mother said butterscotch would make a bird sick and, besides, the dog would certainly eat it up. September never spoke to the dog again ' on principle.

is red brought nearer to humanity by yellow.

Orange is red brought nearer to humanity by yellow.

is an ominous and tragic color, a symbol for flames, ferocity, cruelty and egoism.

Interesting evidence of the ominous and tragic character of orange—a colour which in the view of Oswald Wirth is actually a symbol for flames, ferocity, cruelty and egoism—is forthcoming in the following passage taken from Heinrich Zimmer, the orientalist: ‘After the Future Buddha had severed his hair and exchanged his royal garments for the orange-yellow robe of the ascetic beggar (those outside the pale of human society voluntarily adopt the orange-yellow garment that was originally the covering of condemned criminals being led to the place of execution) . . .’ (60). To wind up these observations upon the psychic significance of colour, let us point to some correspondences with alchemy.

Orange is really just brown with more style.

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