While visiting some friends the question of colour came up. In general, most people agree on colours that are strong in the primaries (Red, Green, Blue). Life gets murkier as adjectives start getting injected like (I’m getting to pompous ass word territory here) chrysochlorous (greenish-gold), leucochroic (white/pale), ochroleucous (yellowish white), sanguineous (blood red) or virescent (greenish) as in English it seems no noun is safe from a suffix to make a new colour related adjective. You can see more here.
Anyhow, there seems to be a debate whether the Australian $20 dollar note is Orange or Red. My observation is that it’s a reddish-orange, since some parts appear red, some orange and some paler red, however there appears to be people split on saying it’s red or orange in general. You can see the note here.
Using my ColorMunki I measured the colour as a “Moderate Red” or “Red/Pink” with the lighter areas as a “Light Grayish Red”. Naturally, this colour changes according to whether it’s in daylight, tungsten (which makes it more red) or other types of light.
According to Wikipedia it’s claimed that the note is red, however official documentation (claimed from Wikipedia) states it’s orange, so what does everyone else think? I’m sticking to reddish-orange myself.
It’s interwoven red and orange stripes.
I always thought it looked orange as a whole, but in darker light, my eyes pick out the red more and the orange less. I can see why someone might say it was overall red.
True - the issue is when people claim it’s either Orange or Red, since it’s really both colours and the patterns make it look more one colour or the other depending on the light, hence I prefer to say it’s reddish-orange, but can see why people would say it’s Red or Orange, but not both.