Worldwide orange – Wikipedia
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Shade of the colour orange
Worldwide orange is a coloration used within the aerospace industry to set objects aside from their environment, much like safety orange, however deeper and with a extra reddish tone.
Variations of worldwide orange[edit]
There are a number of variants of worldwide orange.
Worldwide Orange
(Engineering)
#BA160C
Worldwide Orange
(Golden Gate Bridge)
#F04A00
Worldwide Orange
(Aerospace)
#FF4F00
Aerospace[edit]
| Worldwide Orange (Aerospace) |
|
|---|---|
| Hex triplet | #FF4F00 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (255, 79, 0) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (19°, 100%, 100%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (59, 152, 18°) |
| Supply | [Unsourced] |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Vivid reddish orange |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
The Advanced Crew Escape Suits strain fits worn by NASA astronauts and the earlier Launch Entry Suit use this coloration,[1][2] versus the lighter tone of safety orange utilized by the United States Air Force‘s high-altitude fits. This was additionally deliberate for the Constellation Space Suit methods that have been to be flight-ready by 2015.
The Bell X-1, the primary airplane to interrupt the sound barrier, was additionally painted in Worldwide Orange.
Golden Gate Bridge[edit]
| Worldwide Orange (Golden Gate Bridge) |
|
|---|---|
| Hex triplet | #F04A00 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (240, 74, 0) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (18°, 100%, 94%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (56, 143, 18°) |
| Supply | GGB |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Vivid reddish orange |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
The tone of worldwide orange used to color the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California is barely lighter than the usual Worldwide orange utilized by navy contractors and in engineering, thus growing its visibility to ships, however darker than the one utilized in aerospace. The worldwide orange paint used on the Golden Gate Bridge is specifically formulated to guard the bridge from the hazard of rust from salt spray off the ocean, and from the moisture of the San Francisco fog that steadily rolls in from the Pacific Ocean by means of the Golden Gate to San Francisco Bay.[citation needed] The 25 de Abril Bridge in Lisbon, Portugal additionally makes use of this coloration.[3]
Engineering[edit]
| Worldwide Orange (Engineering) |
|
|---|---|
| Hex triplet | #BA160C |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (186, 22, 12) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (3°, 94%, 73%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (40, 124, 13°) |
| Supply | FedStd 595 |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Vivid purple |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
The adjoining field shows the generic tone of worldwide orange utilized by military contractors and in engineering typically.
The supply of this coloration is Federal Standard 595, a U.S. federal government normal arrange in 1956 for paint colours which is generally utilized by navy contractors and likewise in engineering. Worldwide Orange is designated as Federal Normal 595 coloration #FS 12197.
In accordance with air safety laws, some tall towers, e.g. Tokyo Tower and the Yerevan TV Tower, are painted in white and worldwide orange.[4]
Sports activities[edit]
The World Football League used worldwide orange (as a substitute of the standard white) for the stripes on their footballs. The league additionally painted a brief worldwide orange mark on the sector on the two-yard line.
Trucking[edit]
Schneider National paints its vehicles/tractors/trailers “worldwide security orange” (Omaha orange, PMS 165).
Apple Watch[edit]
Apple Watch Ultra includes a high-contrast worldwide orange motion button.[5]
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