You can make marmalade from any edible citrus fruit, but orange marmalade is the best known variety, and has been firmly cemented in many young book nerds’ minds by its presence in Michael Bond’s Paddington Bear series. Copper can range from dark brown to tan, but it’s known for its reddish-gold hue. The headquarters library of our county system used to sell little lumps of natural copper in its gift shop, and I’ve always thought it was a gorgeous color. Anywho, feel free to use “carroty” to describe anything that looks like a carrot, orange or not. It always bothered me that Rachel Lynde called Anne Shirley’s hair “red as carrots.” I know there are red carrots, yellow carrots, even purple carrots, but it just doesn’t feel right. CarrotyĪdj. having qualities that resemble a carrot Look up burnt sienna and you’ll see it reminds you a lot of the Match Game ’76 set. Technically the heated version of raw sienna, but you probably remember both colors from your old box of Crayola crayons. N. a pigment, or the reddish-brown color it produces

As I’m sure you’re aware, “bittersweet” today has very little to do with plants, and everything to do with memories and experiences that bring a mixed-bag of emotions. N. a climbing vine that produces red and orange berries also, another name for woody nightshadeīe careful with this one. Check out my favorite alternative words for orange below, and share your favorites in the comments.

In fact, quite a few of them are other plants, fruits, or edibles of some kind. So, unfortunately, most of the other words for orange on the list below are not pigments, nor are they even adjectives at all. Languages other than English also use the same word to describe both the fruit and the color, and many orange pigments, such as gamboge, vary in intensity from yellow to brown. Did you know that the color orange was named for the fruit, and not the other way around? That historical quirk can make it difficult to find other words for orange.

Different words for orange color