It is associated with joy, sunshine, and tropics.  Orange represents enthusiasm, fascination, happiness, creativity, determination, attraction, success, encouragement, and stimulation.  To the human eyes, orange is seen as a very hot color, so it gives the sensation of heat.
West Virginia, Ohio, Illinois, and Indiana form the northern border  of Kentucky, along the Ohio River.
Kentucky is bordered by Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio in the north. On the south, Kentucky is bordered by Tennessee. West Virginia and Virginia border Kentucky on the east and Missouri borders Kentucky on the west. Kentucky covers 40,411 square miles, making it the 37th largest of the 50 states.