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
Saxon Colour pigeons Muff (feathered) legged. Saxon Colour pigeons The Saxon Colour pigeons are a group of Saxon breeds of fancy pigeons developed over many years of selective breeding. Saxon Colour pigeons, along with other varieties of domesticated pigeons, are all descendants from the rock pigeon ("Columba livia"). Saxon Colour pigeons are a combination of various varieties which are basically the same type differing only in colour and markings. Some varieties include: "Saxon Breast pigeon", "Saxon Monk" (pictured), "Saxon Priest", "Saxon Reversewing", "Saxon Shield", "Saxon Spot" and "Saxon Whitetail". Saxon Colour pigeons have similar colour varieties to the Thuringian Colour pigeons but the