Orange (colour) colours on a television or computer screen), orange is generated by combining high intensity red light with a lower intensity green light, with the blue light turned off entirely. Orange is a tertiary colour which is numerically halfway between gamma-compressed red and yellow, as can be seen in the . Regarding painting, blue is the complementary colour to orange. As many painters of the 19th century discovered, blue and orange reinforce each other. The painter Vincent van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo that in his paintings, he was trying to reveal "the oppositions of blue with orange, of red
The Colour of Magic the graphic novel the women wear chain-mail chestpieces as well as the clothing described in the book. It has been published in hardcover, along with the graphic novel of "The Light Fantastic", as "The Discworld Graphic Novels" (). The Mob Film Company and Sky One have produced a two-part adaptation, combining both "The Colour of Magic" and "The Light Fantastic", directed by Vadim Jean and broadcast over Easter of 2008. David Jason starred in the role of Rincewind. Sean Astin, best known for his role as Samwise Gamgee in "The Lord of the Rings" film series, took the role of