Orange is red brought nearer to humanity by yellow
Wassily Kandinsky
Orange is an attention-grabbing colour, shouting ‘look at me’! You can’t easily ignore an orange. It suggests optimism, vitality, happiness, warmth. For many it is a spiritual colour, worn for instance by the Buddhist monks of Southeast Asia. But it can be aggressive and harsh at times, and overpowering if used in large amounts.
We use the colour to draw attention to ourselves or to objects. Think of traffic cones, safety equipment, hi-vis clothing or the amber traffic light that warns us to be ready to stop.
Orange is also the colour of autumn of course, so a perfect choice by Terri for this month’s Sunday Stills colour challenge. And of course with September being Becky’s month of squares, with the theme of seven, I had to select just seven of my favourite orange images and square them. It’s forced me to be more selective than usual; a good thing, as I’ve featured orange a couple of times in the past. There was my Getting Warmer post earlier this year, and a previous Sunday Stills one focusing specifically on apricot shades.
So for this post I’ve tried to focus on some more recent orange finds, which means inevitably that you’ll recall seeing some of them before! However I hope the squaring, and the impact of seeing them all together, will provide sufficient difference for you to enjoy them again. And the last one was taken especially for this post.
The bonus un-squared orange in my feature photo is a sunset over the western part of Newcastle, seen from the apartment we rented there last month.
Nasturtium in a Stampace flower pot, Cagliari, Sardinia
In a front garden in Oaxaca, Mexico
Stained glass window in the Metropolitan Cathedral, Oaxaca, Mexico
In the Museo de Arte de Baja California Sur, La Paz, Mexico
Tourist in Split, Croatia
Rusty mooring bollard in Broadstairs, Kent
Outside the Castle, a pub in Ealing, west London
6 Comments
kzmcb
Wow, that hair.
the eternal traveller
I never used to be a fan of orange but the older I get the more I like it.
Anabel @ The Glasgow Gallivanter
I do remember the young woman with the orange hair!
Terri Webster Schrandt
Fabulous gallery of exotic oranges, Sarah! Glad you could double-dip, too. The orange flowers are stunning, and gotta love the orange haired gal!
Sue
Oaxaca version of Bill and Ben and the stained glass are good!
BeckyB
you’ve travelled the world in orange – these are wonderful