On the other side is Texas' burnt orange, the mellower (duller?) hue of the Longhorns. Though Tennessee's foes like to hate on the Vols' brash color – loud enough to match the volume of 101,915 ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Longhorns held its annual team photo shoot on Wednesday and something just didn't seem right to UT fans. “In five years you won’t be able to tell Texas and ...

The color orange has developed a utilitarian reputation in the United States — except in college sports, where it makes a statement. By Billy Witz [See our complete guide to March Madness.

Burnt orange is the color that dons our precious University of Texas Longhorns. But, how did that iconic color get its start with the school? Head to the University of Texas campus or to a ...

But even our words “black” and “white” didn’t originate as color terms. “Black” comes from a word meaning “burnt,” and ... a separate word for “orange,” hues that we ...