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12	[[cinnamon:Orange]] is one of the fundamental color terms in English and many other languages. But it has only ''been'' so since recent times, as evidenced that most languages' words for the color orange are identical to the name of the ''fruit'' orange -- in English, this color term usage only dates back to the time of UsefulNotes/HenryVIII. Old English had a word for the color we call orange -- ''ġeolurēad'' -- but it literally meant "[[TheYellowIndex yellow]]-[[PaintTheIndexRed red]]", as it was not yet culturally considered its own color.
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14	As such, though orange is a ubiquitous color term in today's culture, many older concepts that appear orange are referred to as red or yellow. For example, nearly all naturally red hair appears orange. Even "{{pink\|Tropes}}" granite tends to be more orange in color. For similar reasons, orange is still a fairly rare color in emotional symbolism, but has adopted political meanings in regional symbolism, becoming the symbolic color of the Dutch House of Orange-Nassau, of Irish Protestants (as contrasted with green Irish Catholics), of Indian Hindus (as contrasted with green Indian Muslims), and more recently the Orange Revolution of Ukraine. In the few circumstances where orange invokes an emotional symbolism, it tends to inherit traits from both red and yellow, such as red's passion and yellow's energy.
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16	Besides obviously the orange fruit, orange is also associated as the color of pumpkins, sweet potatoes, and carrots. This association with carrots is even newer than the color term itself, as the common orange carrots in the Western world were only bred that color a few centuries ago by farmers in UsefulNotes/TheNetherlands, out of patriotic reverence for the House of Orange-Nassau. Before this, most carrots in the West were actually [[PurpleIsTheNewTrope purple]]. No, ''really'', carrots used to be ''[[http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&q=purple%20carrot&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&biw=986&bih=680 purple]]''. [[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carrots_of_many_colors.jpg And carrots come in other colors too.]]
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18	This index's name is a {{pun}} based on the title of the book, ''Literature/AClockworkOrange'', which also received a [[Film/AClockworkOrange movie]].
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21	!!Tropes
22	[[index]]
23	[floatboxright:
24	Categories:
25	+ ThisIndexIsBrown
26	]
27	* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: When three characters have these three hair colors, respectively.
28	* EvilRedhead: A character with red hair who is also morally bankrupt.
29	* FieryRedhead: Someone who is as fiery as the color of their hair.
30	* OrangeBlueContrast: A popular color contrast, usually used on movie posters.
31	* RedIsHeroic: Some characters who wear shades of red and orange (or are redheads) are fundamentally decent and moral.
32	* RedHeadedStepchild: Someone is bullied and hated for no other reason than that they have red hair.
33	* RedheadsAreUncool: Someone is bullied and hated and they ''just so happen'' to have red hair.
34	* RedheadInGreen: Red hair and green clothes.
35	* RedheadsAreRavishing: Red hair is associated with attractiveness.
36	* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: An important character has red hair and green eyes to make them stand out.
37	* VibrantOrange: The color orange as associated with joy, energy, excitement and enthusiasm (as others) in characters.
38	* WarmPlaceWarmLighting: An orange or yellow color wash to visually indicate a setting's temperature.
39	[[/index]]

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