A wide, wave-like digital collage of diverse overlapping orange-themed design artifacts and graphic elements, forming a curated collection on a clean white background. Includes a title card below that reads "for the love of orange," the designers name "hart frable" and below that an orange rectangle with the year "2026."

for the love of orange

Orange is a color that demands to be looked at. Using the digital collection from the museums in The Smithsonian Institution, I have curated a collection of works that feature shades of orange. This project identifies the primary orange hexidecimal (hex) number from the artwork and sorts the artworks into five categories based on a second identification of visual perception of the shade of orange: brown orange, bright orange, yellow orange, red orange and true orange (orange orange).

For the Love of Orange is a curatorial project celebrating the the color orange and its applications in art and design. The project includes a public exhibition of explanatory posters at the Sojourner Truth Library, April 20–May 8, 2026, and a supplemental digital catalogue.

Panel 1 (Solid Color Field): Features a gradient representing conceptual "bright orange." Panel 2 (Curated Collage): Displays a collage of specific artworks and objects from the exhibition that pertain to "bright orange." with the labels below. Panel 3 (Solid Color Field): Features a gradient representing conceptual "brown orange" (more muted and earthy tones). Panel 4 (Curated Collage): Displays specific artworks and objects from the exhibition that pertain to "brown orange," with the labels below.

Exhibition photo of "for the love of organge" displayed in Sojourner Truth Library