Welcome to the Top Orange Blog!

Welcome to the Top Orange Blog where we will be talking about and looking at all things orange. Orange is the color of curiosity, fearlessness, luxury, restlessness, strength and youth. People who like orange are often fun-loving, flamboyant and enjoy socializing.

Color or Colour of Orange

A lot of yellow and a little red mixed together will make orange. Orange is between yellow and red on the visible spectrum. Azure or greenish blue is the complementary color of orange.

Orange Trees

The color orange is named after the fruit of the Orange Tree. In the Top Orange Blog we will pay tribute to the orange tree and explore it’s origins, uses, and growing techniques.

Orange time of Year

Orange is associated with the seasons in many parts of the world. Orange and harvest time are a common theme. Orange is one of the colors of Halloween during which kids have a custom of carving orange pumpkins. As the year goes by, we will address the importance of orange in celebrations.

Beta-Carotene

Why are carrots and other fruits and vegetables orange? The answer is the naturally occurring pigment beta-carotene, which is full of vitamin A. In carrots, the darker the orange, the more beta-carotene it has. Beta-carotene is an antioxidant that boosts immunity and helps protect the skin against damage. It is also known to prevent cancer, promote cell communication and oh ya, it helps you see better, go beta-carotene orange! There are thousands of other carotenes out there but our favorite is the beta-carotene.

Orange Business

We will look at orange companies like Orange at orange.co.uk, an internet provider in the United Kingdom. They have an orange logo, orange themed web site, orange colored ads, even an “Orange Day” activity. On “Orange Wednesday” if you subscribe to their service, they will give you two cinema tickets for the price of one. They have totally embraced orange.

Merigold Flowers and Nature

We’ll look at orange flowers including the wonderfully orange merigold. Originally from Central America, merigolds were “discovered” by Portuguese during the 16th century. We will learn about orange butterflies, ladybugs and the orange stink bug. We might even check out some Volkswagen orange bugs.

To the right is the photograph entitled, “In Your Eye, Flamingo.” In a future post, we’ll meet the artist, Ron Dubin, and learn his opinions on this orange creature photograph.

Orange Land

There are eight Orange Counties in the United States. Each one has many orange groups and companies. We will explore Orange Counties in California, Florida, Indiana, New York, North Carolina, Texas, Vermont and Virgina. We will watch the 2002 movie staring Jack Black and Colin Hanks called, “Orange County”. We might even watch the TV show called “The O.C.” where the O. and the C. stand for Orange County.

Australia has a city called Orange and it is in the state of New South Wales. France has a town called Orange that has been around from 35 BC. Orange in France was named during the Roman times.

International Orange

We fight wars with other nations and nobody is getting along with everybody ever. Is there anything we can agree on? How about the color for safety? It’s named International Orange and is used for safety reasons. You can see it the world over in safety situations like highway signs, on airports and on emergency vehicles. International Orange is also a spa in San Francisco and the name of a 2004 rock and roll band.

We are going to be orangragous, orangetastic, and on orange alert for everything orange at the Top Orange Blog.

Yancey Grantham and
The Orange Team at Top Orange Blog