burnt orange

noun

A dark shade of orange.

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Meanings

nounburnt orange (plural burnt oranges)

plural burnt oranges

  1. A dark shade of orange.
adjectiveburnt orange (comparative more burnt orange, superlative most burnt orange)

comparative more burnt orange · superlative most burnt orange

  1. Of a dark shade of orange.

    As for her beauty look, the Jennifer’s Body star had dyed her long tresses a burnt-orange shade, and styled them slightly curled at the ends and down across her shoulders. She also repped a bubblegum-pink manicure with an abstract black design.

    2023 May 19, Chelsey Sanchez, “Megan Fox Makes Her Red-Carpet Comeback in a Body-Sculpting Sheer Gown”, in Harper's Bazaar
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APA

burnt orange. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burnt%20orange

MLA

“burnt orange.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burnt%20orange. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “burnt orange,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burnt%20orange.

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