Orange (colour) political and social movements. In the United States Army, orange has traditionally been associated with the dragoons, the mounted infantry units which eventually became the US Cavalry. The 1st Cavalry Regiment was founded in 1833 as the United States Dragoons. The modern coat of arms of the 1st Cavalry features the colour orange and orange-yellow shade called dragoon yellow, the colours of the early US dragoon regiments. The US Signal Corps, founded at the beginning of the American Civil War, adopted orange and white as its official colours in 1872. Orange was adopted because it was the colour of a
Orange (colour) signal fire, historically used at night while smoke was used during the day, to communicate with distant army units. In the Indonesian Air Force, the Air force infantry and special forces corps known as Paskhas uses Orange as their beret colour. Several corporate brands use orange, such as Blogger, Fanta, FedEx, GlaxoSmithKline, Gulf, Hankook, Harley-Davidson, ING, Jägermeister, Nickelodeon, Orange, the Women's National Basketball Association, The Home Depot and TNT. Orange, because of its common association with activity and visibility, is a popular colour for sports teams. Orange (colour) Orange is the colour between yellow and red on the spectrum of