Sunset (color)
{{Short description|Shade of orange}}
Image:Sunset 2007-1.jpg, about a minute before astronomical sunset.]]
{{infobox color
|title=Sunset
|hex=FAD6A5
|source={{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121122220208/http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-s.htm ISCC-NBS]}}
|isccname=Light yellow}}
The color sunset is a pale tint of orange. It is a representation of the average color of clouds when the sunlight from a sunset is reflected from them.
The first recorded use of sunset as a color name in English was in 1916.Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 205; Color Sample of Sunset: Page 43 Plate 10 Color Sample C4
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Origin
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Variations of sunset
=Sunglow=
{{infobox color
|title=Sunglow
|hex=FFCC33
|source=Crayola
|isccname=Vivid yellow}}
The color sunglow is displayed at right.
The first recorded use of sunglow as a color name in English was in 1924.Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 205 The Crayola crayon color was formulated in 1990.
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=Sunray=
{{infobox color
|title=Sunray
|hex=E3A857
|source={{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121122220208/http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-s.htm ISCC-NBS]}}
|isccname=Moderate orange yellow}}
At right is displayed the color sunray.
The first recorded use of sunray as a color name in English was in 1926.Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 205; Color Sample of Sunset: Page 43 Plate 10 Color Sample J6
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=Sunset orange=
{{infobox color
|title=Sunset Orange
|hex=FD5E53
|source=Crayola
|isccname=Vivid red}}
The color sunset orange is displayed at right.
Sunset orange was formulated as a Crayola color in 1997.
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Sun colors in human culture
- Sunset is popular color in interior design which is used when a pale warm tint is desired.
- Sunset orange is used on the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder alternative jerseys introduced in the 2015-16 season. They are primarily worn on Sunday matchups.
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