Orange Screen

What the orange screen shows

This page fills the display with #FFA500: the red subpixels fully on, the green ones at level 165 out of 255, and blue off. Because green sits at a middle level rather than fully on or off, orange is a handy mid-tone for checking how evenly a panel shows a partial level, and it gives off a warm colored light.

As a warm backdrop or accent light

A display showing orange can serve as a colored backdrop behind a small object, or as an accent light that adds a warm edge to a face or product in photos and video.

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   Open it full screen. The browser toolbars add white light around the color, so fullscreen gives an even orange.

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   Place the display close. A screen is a small, weak light source, so its effect fades quickly with distance. Keep it within an arm's length of the subject.

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   Use it with a main light. On its own, orange light makes skin and colors look strongly tinted. Use it for accent or background, with a neutral light as the main source.

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   Adjust with brightness. Change the display's brightness to set how strong the effect is. Your camera's white balance can also cancel part of the tint.

As a mid-tone tint check

Look across the full screen for areas that lean toward yellow or red, or look darker than the rest. Such patches can point to uneven backlighting or panel variation that is harder to see on pure primary colors. A small amount is normal on many displays. For a neutral mid-tone, the Gray Screen is the better reference; nearby warm colors are the Yellow Screen and the Amber Screen.

This screen's exact value has its own #FFA500 color page, with its RGB and HSL values and its contrast against black and white.