Ginger

Spice and warmth, like a tin of ground ginger.

About ginger

Ginger tends to suggest spice and warmth, like a tin of ground ginger. It feels homely and a little rustic.

What color is ginger?
Ginger is a warm orange-brown, like the ground spice. Its hex code is #B06500.
Is ginger warm or cool?
Warm: it sits on the warm side of the color wheel, with the reds, oranges and yellows. It is a mid-tone color, value 5 of 10, and its opposite is denim. More in warm and cool colors.
Value and codes
Value 5 of 10, in the orange family. RGB 176, 101, 0. OKLCH 57.9% 0.133 62.5.

Where to use ginger

In a room

A leather chair, a rug or pottery. It looks at home with oak and linen.

In an outfit

Coats, boots and bags, as a warmer choice than tan.

In art

A warm earth for fur, hair and dry leaves.

In design

On white its contrast is 4.5 to 1: fine for large headings, too light for small text. Dark text on it reads well, at 3.6 to 1.

What ginger pairs with

The opposite of ginger: Denim #4E6997

Opposite ginger on the color wheel sits denim. Side by side, each makes the other look stronger; mixed, they turn each other gray.

  • Side by side

  • Ginger around denim

  • Denim around ginger

Often confused with ginger

How to mix ginger in paint

  • 8 parts
    cadmium orange
  • 1 part
    sap green hue
  • 1 part
    cadmium red light

Golden Heavy Body Acrylics. This is a calculated mix and comes very close, so adjust by eye as you go. It uses a paint beyond the basics. Practice in our Paint Mixer game.

Ginger tints, tones and shades

Tints

Tones

Shades

Tap a color to copy its code. A tint adds white, a tone adds gray of the same lightness, and a shade adds black. More in tints, tones and shades.

Ginger in paintings

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Ginger inspiration

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