orange light

Caution signal color

Orange light is light in the wavelength range between red and yellow, producing a warm, amber glow.

Traffic signals use orange (or amber) light as a warning between green and red: The light turned orange just as I approached the intersection.

Orange light also describes the quality of sunset, firelight, or incandescent bulbs: The room was bathed in soft orange light.

Related

golden hour · warmth · sodium · streetlight · street lamp · low beam · dusk · flame · candlelight · tangerine · harvest · harvest moon · autumn · caution · traffic · traffic signal · ember · golden

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Opposites
traffic signal color

orange lightgreen light

Authorization to proceed

red light · stop signal · proceed · clear signal · all-clear

color temperature/wavelength

orange lightblue light

High-energy visible radiation

cool light · white light · ultraviolet light · daylight

time of day lighting

orange lightovercast light

Sunlight filtered through clouds

moonlight

Family

orange, light, oranges, orangey, orangish, lights, lighted, lighting, lighter

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G