"Red" vs "orange" redux

Mullins, Bill Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL
Thu May 19 16:11:40 UTC 2005


Isn't this about the same shade as "hunter orange" or "blaze orange"?
(Deer hunters around here are required to wear some number of square
inches of "blaze orange" while in the woods.  Some of them still manage
to get shot, though.)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: American Dialect Society
> [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of James Smith
> Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 8:10 AM
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Re: "Red" vs "orange" redux
>
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> In Utah, this color is called traffic-cone orange
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>
> --- Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM> wrote:
> > Blinding orange.
> >
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