In literary descriptions, deep orange is often employed to evoke warmth, vibrancy, and a sense of natural beauty. Writers use it to paint sunsets and skylines that glow with an almost otherworldly radiance, as in descriptions of twilight skies shifting from deep orange to blood red [1, 2, 3]. It also colors elements of nature, from the fiery hue of single stars or berries [4, 5, 6] to the delicate tint of flower petals and fruit that speaks of ripeness and fleeting beauty [7, 8]. Beyond nature, deep orange finds its place in the details of human-made objects and attire, lending a bold accent to fabrics, pottery, and architectural features that capture the eye with their vivid contrast [9, 10, 11]. This versatile color, thus, becomes a powerful tool for authors, linking emotional intensity and visual splendor in their narratives.
- The color changed in tone every few minutes, till in half an hour it sank away before the twilight to a belt of deep orange along the west.
— from Views A-foot; Or, Europe Seen with Knapsack and Staff by Bayard Taylor
- Over the rim of the saddle the sky was deep orange, passing upwards through amber, yellow, and vague ethereal green to the ordinary firmamental blue.
— from The Glaciers of the Alps
Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, an account of the origin and phenomena of glaciers and an exposition of the physical principles to which they are related by John Tyndall
- The full moon of October, deep orange in a clear, deep sky, hung large and somewhat distorted just over the wooded hills that rimmed the lake.
— from The Kindred of the Wild: A Book of Animal Life by Roberts, Charles G. D., Sir
- Single stars of a fiery red or deep orange color are common enough.
— from The Circle of Knowledge: A Classified, Simplified, Visualized Book of Answers
- Fruit: An interrupted spike of deep orange-red berries.
— from Wild Flowers
An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors by Neltje Blanchan
- “Single stars of a fiery red or deep orange are not uncommon, but isolated blue or green stars are very rare.
— from Telescopic Work for Starlight Evenings by William F. (William Frederick) Denning
- The flowers are numerous, from an inch and a half to over two inches across, with deep orange-yellow rays, and grow singly on long flower-stalks.
— from Field Book of Western Wild Flowers by Margaret Armstrong
- The flowers are said to be perfectly double, resembling in form a double hollyhock, color deep orange, shaded and streaked with crimson.
— from Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 12, March 22, 1884
A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside by Various
- P.S. —Of course I only use cadmium red when I want a very deep orange in drapery or sky—nothing could replace it.
— from The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton. Volume II by Barrington, Russell, Mrs.
- The outside front had, some years back, been painted of a deep orange, the windows and shutters of a vivid green.
— from The Phantom Ship by Frederick Marryat
- The interior of the plate surrounding the warrior was a mass of rich deep orange ground; the colour much esteemed by collectors of this rural pottery.
— from Lures of Life by Joseph Lucas