Is this car orange or what?

[AlwaysOnAuto]

[NorthernFocus]

That's a classic. And yes, an orange one.

[xpatUSA]

That's a classic. And yes, an orange one.

More red than orange, I reckon, Dan



Red = 0 degs, Orange = 30 degs . . . .

. . . must be time to play the 'monitor needs calibration' card

[ST1]

Looks red to me too Alan, nice motor as well.

[tao2]

It's definitely orange...blood orange?

must be time to play the 'monitor needs calibration' card

Correct Ted, if ah was you, ah'd check my monitor settings.

[FootLoose]

I had a car that colour when I was younger - much, much younger. If I remember correctly, it was called 'kalahari tan". But I could be wrong.

[Shadowman]

Looks orange to me.

[MrB]

The answer is "or what" because, for my vision, the image has red in the rear lamp of the Honda and, as a perfect match for the ripe orange on the table next to me, it has orange in the front indicator lamp of the Porsche; its body colour is somewhere in-between, so it is a redder shade of orange or an oranger shade of red. But if forced into using one word, I would choose orange.

Cheers.
Philip

[xpatUSA]

Looks orange to me.

Looks tomato to me



Apparently "tomato" is a shade of orange !

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shades_of_orange#Tomato

[xpatUSA]

The answer is "or what" because, for my vision, the image has red in the rear lamp of the Honda and, as a perfect match for the ripe orange on the table next to me, it has orange in the front indicator lamp of the Porsche; its body colour is somewhere in-between, so it is a redder shade of orange or an oranger shade of red. But if forced into using one word, I would choose orange.

Cheers.
Philip

Delightfully pedantic and well-observed!

It is in fact twice as red as it is orange, from a hue angle POV - so maybe orangish-red?

[xpatUSA]

This thread is hilarious

Or is it a wind-up?

Only in the world of photographic fora can people see a color that is way closer in hue to red than it is to orange and, given a choice of either "red" or "orange", call it orange! Glurk.

Be that as it may, one of the original selling points of RawTherapee was the ability to change the color of a VW Beetle. So here are no less than three VWs: pure orange, OP, pure red (as near as I can get 'pure'):



So, on your monitor, which is the closer color to the middle car - the one on the left or the one on the right?

On my cheap NEC 1990SX, definitely the one on the right

[rpcrowe]

You may have ruined the day for many Porsche owners! Now this is more like a Beetle



Unfortunately, this is how all images on CiC lookl the second time I open them...

[MrB]

Ted, I think your tomato orange is the closest descriptive match. However, I would state that the colour of the wonderful Porsche is actually delicious Heinz Tomato Soup orange. And, for endorsing those products, I don't really expect the car company to send me a Porsche, but some free tins of the soup from Heinz would be most welcome.

Cheers.
Philip

[Shadowman]

Looks tomato to me



Apparently "tomato" is a shade of orange !

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shades_of_orange#Tomato

No, the shade is red.

[Stagecoach]

Only in the world of photographic fora can people see a color that is way closer in hue to red than it is to orange and, given a choice of either "red" or "orange", call it orange! Glurk.

Ted, I'm afraid you are totally wrong.

This phenomena is also apparent when choosing the shade for decking wood stain. I know because it was explained to me by my other half when viewing the result of MY choice this week

[AlwaysOnAuto]

Wow, what a lively discussion!
I just emailed the owner and he says it is TANGERINE, or Blutorange in German.
Glad you all like the car. He just finished putting it back together after taking it apart to have it painted.

[James G]

This car IS orange. It is also a Beetle, not a Porsche!

I took this a few years back at Katakolan in Greece, and titled it "Practical Stoicism". At the time the number plate was 'amusing', but today I rather hope it is a reflection of a nations resolve!

[IzzieK]

Orange, Red or Yellow is very hot to the police's eyes...be careful of the colour of your car if you do not know how to obey traffic laws...

[tao2]

Porsche's only a Beetle on the same breakfast of champions as Gatlin and Gay...

[jcuknz]

Now I know the colour of my Escudo