| Tangerine | |
|---|---|
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 Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #F28500 |
| sRGBB (r,g,b) | (242, 133, 0) |
| HSV (h,s,v) | (33°, 100%, 95%) |
| CIELChuv (L,C,h) | (66, 110, 34°) |
| Source | ColorHexa[1] |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Vivid orange |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
The colortangerine is a tone oforange named after thefruit of the same name.
Hues oftangerine are sometimes important to graphic designers when constructing identities, brand recognition, and stand-out ads for clients.[2] Because of the brightness of the color variants, they are often employed to make a small but centrally important object stand out, especially when surrounded by the flat colors ofearth tones.[3] Tangerine hues may also be selected as complements to other bright hues, and because of their relative rarity of use.
One of the original "fruit-flavored"iMacs released in 1999 was the Tangerine iMac[4][5] (Apple could not call it "Orange" due to the existence of the rival firmOrange Micro).
In sports, the Englishassociation football clubBlackpool play in and are strongly identified with the color of tangerine since 1923.[6]
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