This orange winter squash has a distinctive bell-like shape and a sweet, nutty flavor.
butternut squash
This orange-and-black butterfly makes an incredible annual migration between North America and Mexico.
Monarch Butterfly
Mixing these two primary colors together creates orange.
Red and Yellow
This lasagna-loving orange cartoon cat hates Mondays and belongs to Jon Arbuckle.
This New England state holds the annual Pumpkin Festival famous for displays of thousands of glowing jack-o’-lanterns in the city of Laconia.
New Hampshire
This bright orange-red spice is made from dried and ground peppers and is commonly sprinkled over deviled eggs.
Paprika
This clever woodland animal is known for its bushy tail and reddish-orange coat.
Red Fox
This precious orange-yellow substance is actually fossilized tree resin and has been used in jewelry for thousands of years.
amber
This bouncy orange-and-black striped friend of Winnie the Pooh insists that “the wonderful thing” about him is that he's the only one.
Tigger
The word “pumpkin” ultimately comes from the Greek word pepon, which referred to this type of fruit.
large melon
This orange tropical fruit has black seeds clustered in its center and contains an enzyme called papain.
Papaya
This orange-and-white reef fish became especially famous thanks to the Pixar character Nemo.
Clownfish
This university's sports teams are known as the Orange, and their school color is—you guessed it—orange
Syracuse University
Antonio Banderas provides the voice of this orange feline swashbuckler from the Shrek films.
Puss in Boots
Morton, Illinois, calls itself the “Pumpkin Capital of the World” and is home to a major processing plant for this canned-food brand.
Libby's
This orange-colored French sauce traditionally combines mayonnaise with garlic, saffron, and peppers and is often served with seafood.
Rouille
Native to Indonesia and Malaysia, this great ape's name comes from Malay words meaning “person of the forest.”
orangutan
This country celebrates King's Day with people dressing head-to-toe in orange because of its historic royal House of Orange.
The Netherlands
In A Clockwork Orange, this actor played the film's bowler-hat-wearing central character, Alex DeLarge.
Initials M.M.
Malcolm McDowell
Before pumpkins became the American favorite, people in Ireland and Scotland traditionally carved these root vegetables into lanterns.
Turnips
This small orange fruit, whose name means “golden orange” in Chinese, is unusual because its sweet peel is typically eaten along with its tart flesh.
kumquat
This vividly colored primate from Central Africa has an orange-red muzzle and blue facial ridges, making it one of the world's most colorful mammals.
Mandrill
This orange-red gemstone, a variety of chalcedony, was especially popular for carved seals and jewelry in the ancient world.
Carnelian
On The Muppet Show, this wild drummer with orange-red hair plays in the house band, Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem.
Animal
In The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, this author describes the Headless Horseman hurling what Ichabod believes is his severed head—but is later revealed to be a pumpkin.
Washington Irving