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Tangerine (color)

Tangerine (color) is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Tangerine (color) rather than just read about it. In short: The color tangerine is a tone of orange named after the fruit of the same name. Use in graphic design Hues of tangerine are used by graphic designers when constructing identities, brand recognition, and stand-out ads for clients.

Key takeaways

Tangerine (color) belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Tangerine (color) to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Tangerine (color) from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

The color tangerine is a tone of orange named after the fruit of the same name.

Use in graphic design Hues of tangerine are used by graphic designers when constructing identities, brand recognition, and stand-out ads for clients. As a result of the brightness of the color variants, they are employed to make a small but centrally important object stand out, especially when surrounded by the flat colors of earth tones. Tangerine hues may also be selected as complements to other bright hues, and because of their relative rarity of use. One of the original "fruit-flavored" iMacs released in 1999 was the Tangerine iMac (Apple could not call it "Orange" due to the existence of the rival firm Orange Micro). In sports, the English association football club Blackpool play in and are strongly identified with the color of tangerine since 1923.

Variations of tangerine

Vivid tangerine

Displayed at right is the color vivid tangerine. It is considered a vivid shade of tangerine. It was made into a Crayola crayon color in 1990.

Atomic tangerine

Atomic tangerine was formulated by Crayola in 1990. It is considered a fluorescent shade of tangerine. (Atomic tangerine is supposed to be a fluorescent color, but there is no mechanism for showing fluorescence on a flat computer screen.)

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Tangerine (color)

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Tangerine (color) claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Tangerine (color) before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Tangerine (color) ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Tangerine (color)

In research: Tangerine (color) appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Tangerine (color) in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Tangerine (color) is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Color stubs, Shades of orange, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Tangerine (color) outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Tangerine (color) in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Tangerine (color) means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Tangerine (color) out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Tangerine (color) in simple terms?

The color tangerine is a tone of orange named after the fruit of the same name. Use in graphic design Hues of tangerine are used by graphic designers when constructing identities, brand recognition, and stand-out ads for clients.

Why does Tangerine (color) matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Tangerine (color)?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Tangerine (color).