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{{Short description|Shade of orange}}
[[Image:Sunset 2007-1.jpg|200px|left|thumb|The [[Astronomy:Sun|Sun]], about a minute before astronomical sunset.]]
{{infobox color
|title=Sunset
|hex=FAD6A5
|source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121122220208/http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-s.htm ISCC-NBS]
|isccname=Light yellow}}

The color ''sunset'' is a pale tint of orange.  It is a representation of the average color of clouds when the sunlight from a [[Astronomy:Sunset|sunset]] is reflected from them.

The first recorded use of ''sunset'' as a color name in [[Social:English language|English]] was in 1916.<ref>Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 205; Color Sample of Sunset: Page 43 Plate 10 Color Sample C4</ref>

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==Origin==
{{excerpt|Sunset#Colors}}

==Variations of sunset==

===Sunglow===
{{infobox color
|title=Sunglow
|hex=FFCC33
|source=[[List of Crayola crayon colors#Standard colors|Crayola]]
|isccname=Vivid yellow}}

The color '''sunglow''' is displayed at right.

The first recorded use of ''sunglow'' as a color name in English was in 1924.<ref>Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 205</ref> The Crayola [[Engineering:Crayon|crayon]] color was formulated in 1990.
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===Sunray===
{{infobox color
|title=Sunray
|hex=E3A857
|source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121122220208/http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-s.htm ISCC-NBS]
|isccname=Moderate orange yellow}}

At right is displayed the color '''sunray'''.

The first recorded use of ''sunray'' as a color name in [[Social:English language|English]] was in 1926.<ref>Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 205; Color Sample of Sunset: Page 43 Plate 10 Color Sample J6</ref>

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===Sunset orange===
{{infobox color
|title=Sunset Orange
|hex=FD5E53
|source=[[List of Crayola crayon colors#Standard colors|Crayola]]
|isccname=Vivid red}}

The color '''sunset orange''' is displayed at right. 

''Sunset orange'' was formulated as a Crayola color in 1997.  

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==Sun colors in human culture==
'''Interior Design'''
*  Sunset is popular color in interior design which is used when a pale warm tint is desired.

'''Sports'''
*  Sunset orange is used on the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder alternative jerseys introduced in the 2015-16 season. They are primarily worn on Sunday matchups.

==References==
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==See also==

* List of colors

{{shades of orange}}
{{Color topics}}

[[Category:Shades of orange]]

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