chromatic color vs orange

orange vs chromatic color

chromatic color and orange both are nouns.

chromatic color is not an adjective while orange is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
chromatic color	Yes	No	No	No
orange	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, orange is a hyponym of chromatic color; that is, orange is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than chromatic color:

chromatic color: a color that has hue
orange: orange color or pigment; any of a range of colors between red and yellow

Other hyponyms of chromatic color include red, redness, orangeness, salmon, yellow, yellowness, blond, blonde, green, greenness, viridity, blue, blueness, purple, purpleness, pink, brown, brownness, olive, pastel, complementary, complementary color.

chromatic color (noun)	orange (noun)
a color that has hue	orange color or pigment; any of a range of colors between red and yellow
	round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees
	any citrus tree bearing oranges
	any pigment producing the orange color

chromatic color (adjective)	orange (adjective)
	of the color between red and yellow; similar to the color of a ripe orange

Difference between chromatic color and orange

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