The colour is inspired by the Tibetan and Burmese monks who use orange as part of their clothing.
The colour also evokes associations to the prison uniforms from Guantánamo.
Orange is a mixture of red and yellow. In China red is the symbol of fire and yellow is the symbol of earth; these two elements neutralize each other like some sort of Yin Yang. Orange can therefore also be interpreted as a kind of harmony; we demand that China acquires harmony and balance in their human rights 'balance sheet'.
In the book ‘the Beginners Guide to Colour Psychology’ the colour orange is related to such positive qualities as: Joy, passion, sensuality, safety, physical well-being – and to the negative qualities: Poorness, frustration, immatureness.