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Discussions: For details on why the title of this page uses the British English spelling of "colour" instead of the American English spelling of "color", please review the relevant style guide and these discussions:

Split: "Orange" → "Orange (color)", August 2002: Used "colour" before the split.
Move: "Orange (color)" → "Orange (colour)", March 2004: Accepted.
Move: "Orange (colour)" → "Orange (color)", June 2005: Opposed.
Move: "Orange (colour)" → "Orange (color)", October 2005: Opposed.
Move: "Orange (colour)" → "Orange (color)", April 2006: Opposed.
Move: "Orange (colour)" → "Orange", April 2006: Opposed.
Move: "Orange (colour)" → "Orange_(color)", November 2007. US English spelling of "color": Opposed

This article is written in British English, which has its own spelling conventions (colour, travelled, centre, defence, artefact, analyse) and some terms that are used in it may be different or absent from other varieties of English. According to the relevant style guide, this should not be changed without broad consensus.

Shouldn't this be Orange (color), in order to remain consistent with the rest of Wikipedia?[edit]

Kosmosi (talk) 12:15, 5 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

No, because the article was originally created in British English, and by Wikipedia policy articles are supposed to remain in the variant in which they were started. Cordially, SiefkinDR (talk) 18:21, 30 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, if no other reason than it is Wikipedia custom to use Standard English (also known as "English English", "International English", "American English", "Internet English" or "Web English") and not British English. No one murders the queen's English quite like the British, eh? This article should be changed to remain consistent with the rest of Wikipedia. 173.209.103.75 (talk) 15:48, 19 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

English English and International English both spell it "colour". There's no such thing as "Internet English" or "Web English". 88.98.86.128 (talk) 16:08, 16 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This is a brazen lie. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/colour says "chiefly British spelling of color", whereas https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/color has the actual information. Even https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/colour says "Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa and Britain standard spelling of color." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.157.241.154 (talk) 09:28, 26 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

How nice of you, and it affects nothing. Acroterion (talk) 13:44, 26 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

the oxford dictionary (the most used in the world) uses colour and not color it even states (US English color) not sure about your point yes it does also use color however here https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/colours-and-shapes?level=a1 both fall under "Colours and Shapes" NotOrrio (talk) 13:55, 11 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

How nice of you to use an American dictionary in regards to UK vs US spelling differences.
Also, regarding Wiktionary using the American spelling, would you mind accustoming yourself with the dictionary before using it as an argument? Along with color, there is also vigour, jewellery, aluminium, metre, humour and so on.
It might be surprising to you that American English is not the only standard form of English worldwide, which is why no such thing as International English exists. As they say, when in Rome, do as the Romans do. Summer ^talk 14:57, 21 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Every other color like red, yellow, green, blue, purple, and violet all do not follow with (colour) or (color) I’m the title and they look uniform this way. Orange is the only one that is standing out differently. It only looks odd if you have them all bookmarked. Malcolmr1982 (talk) 02:23, 4 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Title change?[edit]

It looks like Orange is the only colour with the word following in brackets, so maybe it should be shortened to look the same as the rest? Malcolmr1982 (talk) 02:25, 4 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I guess Violet is the same way too with (colour) added. Should all the colours have this added to the title so they look the same? Malcolmr1982 (talk) 02:26, 4 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Orange and violet both have numerous alternate meanings that require disambiguation. Other colors don't have that problem. No change is needed or desirable. Acroterion (talk) 02:45, 4 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"FF7F00" listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect FF7F00 and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 December 15 § FF7F00 until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 07:31, 15 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Colour vs. color in title[edit]

Shouldn’t “colour” be changed to “color” in the title to be consistent with other titles such as Violet (color) and Color (which used to be titled colour). Tinton5 (talk) 08:03, 21 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

NO, because the article was originally created in British English, and by Wikipedia policy articles are supposed to remain in the variant in which they were started. --Orange Mike | Talk 11:35, 21 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

No, see WP:CONSISTENT. Crouch, Swale (talk) 20:20, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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CIELAB[edit]

Please correct: L*=67.3; C*=85.4; h_ab= 60.3° ZJ (talk) 15:01, 8 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]