Why Orange?

[bassist_lewis]

Has anyone noticed that a lot of music gear related sites have orange logos? Reverb: orange. Guitarguitar: orange: Wunjo's: orange. Basschat: orange.

I think it's like how lots of food places are red or green, which your lizard brain is supposed to associate with food.

What do people reckon?

Or maybe its just coincidence.

[Dan Dare]

Back in the 1970s, everything seemed to be orange - cars, domestic stuff, etc, etc. I read somewhere it's reckoned to be a "buy me" colour (how true that is is anyone's guess). In Ian Dury's immortal lines:

 

"Another thing that blockheads seem to acquire is black and orange cars.

Premature ejaculation drivers, their soft top's got roll bars".

 

 

[Waddo Soqable]

I'm wearing a orange boiler suit as we speak ( it doesn't have "Dept. of Correction" stencilled on the back or anything, btw) 

[Franticsmurf]

7 minutes ago, Waddo Soqable said:

I'm wearing a orange boiler suit as we speak ( it doesn't have "Dept. of Correction" stencilled on the back or anything, btw) 

...anymore. 🤣

[Doctor J]

Oranges are tasty.

[Waddo Soqable]

Orange is best with Gin in it in my experience.. 

[Musicman666]

56 minutes ago, Franticsmurf said:

...anymore. 🤣

ah ..ok.. i thought for a second it might have been a clockwork orange boilersuit...but yeah it isn't orange.

Edited August 18, 2023 by Musicman666

[Geek99]

1 hour ago, Waddo Soqable said:

I'm wearing a orange boiler suit as we speak ( it doesn't have "Dept. of Correction" stencilled on the back or anything, btw) 

Bet Donald’s will 

🤞

[Maude]

A lot of music shops use the colour orange in their logos etc as neurological research has found that orange stimulates the same receptors in the brain as hearing music you enjoy and purchasing items, among other enjoyable things, releasing endorphins that give you that warm fuzzy feeling. 

Further research found that some people will believe anything they read online. 

[Waddo Soqable]

When I've done stuff on the railway in the past, the overalls and hi viz kit is always orange, I assume it's  because you couldn't mistake it for anything other that Red, ie danger, stop.  Plus of course it's "highly visible" 

Yellow hi viz particularly if soiled might possibly be confused with green. 

Just a theory. 

[Jackroadkill]

1 hour ago, Waddo Soqable said:

I'm wearing a orange boiler suit as we speak ( it doesn't have "Dept. of Correction" stencilled on the back or anything, btw) 

 

Admit it - you are Andrew Eldritch.

[Waddo Soqable]

1 minute ago, Jackroadkill said:

 

Admit it - you are Andrew Eldritch.

Good 'eavens no.... 😬

[Stub Mandrel]

Yellow works best for selling offers. Look at magazine offers, price reductions etc.

 

Orange + monochrome was a whole theme for advertising 20 years  ago (led by Orange telecom but many others followed).

 

It's amazing how advertising does show so much 'clumping'.

[Waddo Soqable]

Do they still do Oranjeboom lager?

They had a terrible tv advert for it in the 70s / 80s with a cheesy tune lifted from some other programme .. 

[ezbass]

10 minutes ago, Waddo Soqable said:

Do they still do Oranjeboom lager?

They had a terrible tv advert for it in the 70s / 80s with a cheesy tune lifted from some other programme .. 

Eye Level, by the Simon Park Orchestra, the theme from Van Der Valk. I heard it on the radio the other day.

[SpondonBassed]

1 hour ago, Stub Mandrel said:

It's amazing how advertising does show so much 'clumping'.

 

Just like a good cat litter should.

[Lozz196]

45 minutes ago, Waddo Soqable said:

Do they still do Oranjeboom lager?

They had a terrible tv advert for it in the 70s / 80s with a cheesy tune lifted from some other programme .. 

 

33 minutes ago, ezbass said:

Eye Level, by the Simon Park Orchestra, the theme from Van Der Valk. I heard it on the radio the other day.

I remember it well

 

Oranjeboom Orangeboom it is a lager not a tune

[Waddo Soqable]

2 minutes ago, Lozz196 said:

 

I remember it well

 

Oranjeboom Orangeboom it is a lager not a tune

I still cringe at the thought of it.. 

[JohnDaBass]

Just arrived, my Fender Mike Kerr bass in Tiggar Orange. 

Lovely bass with a JMJ neck , Jag body (better suited to my "portly frame" than a Mustang) enormous Humbuckers and fancy Barbie gold hardware.

Really pleased. 

[Waddo Soqable]

1 minute ago, JohnDaBass said:

Just arrived, my Fender Mike Kerr bass in Tiggar Orange. 

Lovely bass with a JMJ neck , Jag body (better suited to my "portly frame" than a Mustang) enormous Humbuckers and fancy Barbie gold hardware.

Really pleased. 

Not tempted to paint the back Tigger stripes on it then? 😁

[Geek99]

2 hours ago, Waddo Soqable said:

Do they still do Oranjeboom lager?

They had a terrible tv advert for it in the 70s / 80s with a cheesy tune lifted from some other programme .. 

yes they do. I like it 

[Waddo Soqable]

3 minutes ago, Geek99 said:

yes they do. I like it 

Well I'll have to give one a try if I see a can anywhere, purely on a research basis.. 😁

[Waddo Soqable]

Having looked around a bit, orange does seem to be a bit of a thing with guitars at the mo. 

 

[Geek99]

Coming up Trumps there

[Rosie C]

16 hours ago, bassist_lewis said:

Has anyone noticed that a lot of music gear related sites have orange logos? Reverb: orange. Guitarguitar: orange: Wunjo's: orange. Basschat: orange.

I think it's like how lots of food places are red or green, which your lizard brain is supposed to associate with food.

What do people reckon?

Or maybe its just coincidence.

 

While I like the tone of Orange amps (I have three) I have to admit the colour played a part in my purchasing decisions. I'm currently wearing an orange checked work shirt too. Unsure what my lizard brain associates it with, but I love the colour.