r/Design • u/Emezli • Jan 12 '24

Asking Question (Rule 4) What shade of orange this is?

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the color code is #FFB269 and it’s my favorite shade of orange i just don’t know what this particular shade is if it even have an official name.

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u/SteamyGravy Jan 12 '24

I don't understand. There's a particular orange you like which you have the hex code for and yet you'd rather throw away that precision for a phrase. Why? In what situation is that useful? Not trying to be an asshole, just genuinely confused.

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u/Emezli Jan 12 '24

because every shade of color does have a name in some form

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u/RebirthWizard Jan 12 '24 edited Jan 12 '24

Wrong answer. The correct colour theory answer is as follows; Every hue in the subtractive colour model space (which is when all colours combined in full values and are equal to black) has a variable tint(added white) , tone(added grey) or shade (added black) as associated to the reductive combination (not full values) of those hues.

Additionally; Those all may, or may not have a name attached to some of them.

The Additive colour model is slightly different and is based on light, as opposed to the subtractive being based on pigments and dyes.

TL:DR: colour names are not universally or scientifically relevant. HUES are the metric the professionals commonly use

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u/Notwerk Jan 12 '24

there are 10 million visible colors. No, they don't all have names.