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orange

adjective as in shaded with a combination of red and yellow

noun as in combination of red and yellow

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The parasitic dodder grows, eventually covering its victim in a tangled, threadlike web of orange or yellow stems.

The brilliant reds and oranges of fall foliage — shining in the face of everything this year — can still be admired from the isolated safety of a family car.

From Eater

The sale of non-essential items being permitted in designated “orange” and “green” zones—areas that were not Covid-19 hotbeds—is one of the reasons for the uptick.

From Quartz

After taking these courses, we made a collaborative short film, using a simple color palette—one character was orange, the other purple—and our usual systematic approach.

The researchers created a patch with larger needles to pierce the trunk of an orange tree.

A sad-faced orange Star of David flashed across the iPhone screen as we swiped left on “James” (not his real name).

It took me 1,015 strokes to see this shade of green in a world of orange, and my jaw nearly dropped.

Suddenly, light flooded the room, and I found myself lying on a filthy orange sofa across the room from where my rape occurred.

I learn by the third day to tell the nurse privately to make mine mostly orange juice.

A storage building became a ghostly concrete frame lit bright orange.

Some one had gathered orange and lemon branches, and with these fashioned graceful festoons between.

The long line of little gray, weather-beaten houses nestled peacefully among the orange trees.

An illumination broke over his whole face when he saw her and joined her under the orange tree.

Thus shall we see the destinies of this country guided under the orange and red flag.

The Russians, on the contrary, prefer orange-yellow transparent specimens.

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On this page you'll find 15 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to orange, such as: apricot, peach, tangerine, titian, coral, and red-yellow.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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