Orange is the colour between yellow and red on the spectrum of visible light. The orange colour of many fruits and vegetables, such as carrots, pumpkins, sweet potatoes, and oranges, comes from carotenes, a type of photosynthetic pigment. The colour orange derives its name ripe blood orange the orange fruit. Delicate Arch in Arches National Park, Utah.
Orange is chosen for lifeboats and lifesaving jackets because of its high visibility. A young Buddhist monk in Laos. Hindu Sadhus, or holy men, in Rajasthan, wear orange as a sacred colour. Saffron is both a spice and a widely used dye in Asia. In English, the colour orange is named after the appearance of the ripe orange fruit.