You have to define what you mean by "orange." It doesn't have to mean Safety or even Sunkist Orange.

In my kitchen, I have a lot of apricot, which technically is red and yellow mixed together and then "tinted" down with white--friends, it's light orange by any definition! And it's pretty! I like it. Lots of soft white and light yellow with apricot and brilliant red accents. Sounds weird but it's actually quite pretty. And I never would have considered it if we hadn't inherited an orange countertop and backsplash that's so old it's faded to apricot. We'll be doing our floor this summer in industrial tile, probably in a checkerboard of light yellow and apricot.

Lynn Siprelle, Editor