Colours of buildings and cities
Walls, roofs, tiles, doors and whole painted towns.
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Ochre
A natural earth pigment ranging from yellow to deep orange or brownPigment 路 馃嚘馃嚭 Australia +5
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Amber
A yellow-orange colour named after fossilised tree resinNamed shade
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Peach
A soft pastel shade named for the inside of a peach fruitNamed shade 路 馃嚚馃嚦 China
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International orange
A strong reddish-orange used for safety in engineering, aerospace and maritime workNamed shade 路 馃嚭馃嚫 United States +1
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Minium
A bright orange-red pigment made by heating lead, once common in medieval manuscriptsPigment 路 馃嚚馃嚦 China +5
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Sunset
A pale orange shade named after the colour of clouds at sunsetNamed shade
Orange
Pigment Orange 36
A synthetic orange pigment valued for its lasting colour in paints and coatingsPigment
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Burnt orange
A medium-dark orange shade linked with sports teams and 1970s interiorsNamed shade
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International orange (Golden Gate Bridge)
A distinct orange-red shade made for the Golden Gate Bridge and used on other bridgesNamed shade 路 馃嚨馃嚬 Portugal
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Mellow apricot
A soft apricot shade listed in the British Standards for building coloursNamed shade
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Sunset: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Minium: Torii Kiyonobu I, Public domain, source
- Ochre: Marco Almbauer, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Peach: Jack Dykinga, USDA, Public domain, source
- Amber: Brocken Inaglory , slight edit by Richard Bartz, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- International orange: Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 3.0, source