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Anne of Cleves, Fourth Wife of King Hengy VIIIHenry VIIIImage by WGyuri via Flickr
Orange is one of three secondary colors. Made by mixing varied amounts of the primary colors red and yellow and with white or black, for the various tints. So, when it came to the word Orange, what came first the fruit or the color? The fruit originated in China. The word first came from a Dravidian language (spoken in India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Iran, Malaysia and Singapore) before reaching the English language in 1512 where it was first mentioned at the court of King Henry VIII. Before that, the name red-yellow tagged the color we know as orange . This is why people with “red” hair or “gold” fish are not called, orange-haired or orange fish.
Famous paintings that use the color orange.
Sunrise Harbor–Claude Monet
Claude Monet
3 Impression Sunrise–Claude Monet
Bedroom Arles–Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh
White Grapes,Apples,Pears,Lemons and Orange–Vincent Van Gogh
Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers–Vincent Van Gogh
References:
Orange: http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange#cite_note-0
What the Color Orange Means: http://www.ehow.com/facts_5821227_color-orange-means.html
Orange (Word): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_(word)
Orange (Color): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_(colour)
Color Orange Meaning: http://crystal-cure.com/orange.html
Dravidian languages: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dravidian_language
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