The ‘Language of Colour’ neon works are based on colour’s power in conveying ideas and information, references, idioms and expressions relating to colour — words that are peculiar to themselves grammatically but whose relation to colour gives them specific meaning.

orange peel

1. the rind of an orange

2. a poorly formed vinyl record

3. nickname for statesman Sir Robert Peel

orange order

a Protestant fraternal organisation based primarily in Northern Ireland, founded in 1975 as a brotherhood sworn to maintain the Protestant Ascendancy. The name is a tribute to Dutch-born Protestant King William of Orange

orange revolution

a series of protests and political events that took place in the Ukraine from late November 2004 to January 2005 in the immediate aftermath of the run-off vote of the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election which was claimed to be marred by massive corruption, voter intimidation and direct electoral fraud

orange tip

a cream-coloured butterfly, Anthocharis cardamines, of both Eurasia and North America, the male (and sometimes the female) of which has orange tips to the forewings – a sign of spring, being one of the first species to emerge

orange crush

a song by REM, released in 1988 and included on the album Green

orange squash

non-alcoholic, orange flavoured concentrated syrup used in drinks

orange bay

Orange Bay is the name of two small bays in Jamaica

orange county

a county in the US state of California. Said to have been named for the citrus fruit in an attempt to promote immigration by suggesting a semi-tropical paradise — a place where anything could grow

orange river

the Orange River is the longest river in South Africa