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Colours of textiles and dress

Dyed, woven, printed and worn.

#CC7722 Ochre A natural earth pigment ranging from yellow to deep orange or brownPigment · 🇦🇺 Australia +5

#F4C430 Saffron A yellow-orange shade named after the colour of saffron crocus threadsNamed shade · 🇮🇳 India +1

Orange Annatto A yellow-orange dye and flavour from the seeds of the achiote treeDye · 🇲🇽 Mexico +5

#FFE5B4 Peach A soft pastel shade named for the inside of a peach fruitNamed shade · 🇨🇳 China

#FF4203 Minium A bright orange-red pigment made by heating lead, once common in medieval manuscriptsPigment · 🇨🇳 China +5

#FAD6A5 Sunset A pale orange shade named after the colour of clouds at sunsetNamed shade

Orange Annatto A natural orange-red dye from the seeds of a tropical shrubColour named from nature · 🇲🇽 Mexico +5

Orange Carotene The orange pigment found in carrots and many fruits and vegetablesPigment Orange Canthaxanthin A reddish-orange pigment used in food and animal feedPigment · 🇺🇸 United States +1 Orange Lawsone The red-orange dye compound found in henna leavesDye

Orange Solvent Yellow 14 An orange-red azo dye once used in food, now banned for food and textilesPigment #CC5500 Burnt orange A medium-dark orange shade linked with sports teams and 1970s interiorsNamed shade #D99058 Persian orange A warm orange seen in Persian carpets and on Allis-Chalmers tractorsNamed shade · 🇮🇷 Iran

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
Annatto: Porto Neto, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Minium: Torii Kiyonobu I, Public domain, source
Annatto: Primejyothi, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Ochre: Marco Almbauer, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Peach: Jack Dykinga, USDA, Public domain, source
Saffron: Albert Bridge, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Carotene: User Larsinio on en.wikipedia, Public domain, source
Solvent Yellow 14: Jürgen Martens, Public domain, source

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