Orange Rufous

Rufous

Rufous is a colour that may be described as reddish-brown or brownish-red, as of rust or oxidised iron. The first recorded use of rufous as a colour name in English was in 1782. However, the colour is also recorded earlier in 1527 as a diagnostic urine colour.

Orange (colour)

Orange is the colour between yellow and red on the spectrum of visible light. The human eyes perceive orange when observing light with a dominant wavelength between roughly 585 and 620 nanometres. In traditional colour theory, it is a secondary colour of pigments, produced by mixing yellow and red. In the RGB colour model, it is a tertiary colour. It is named after the fruit of the same name.

orange

Noun

1. An evergreen tree of the genus Citrus such as Citrus sinensis which yields oranges (the fruit).
2. Any round citrus fruit with a yellow-red colour when ripe and a sour-sweet taste; the fruit of the orange tree.

Adjective

1. Having the colour of the fruit of an orange tree; yellowred; reddish-yellow.

rufous

Adjective

1. Of a reddish colour.

Noun

1. Ellipsis of rufous hummingbird.
2. A reddish-brown colour, as of rust.