# Regarding: burnt-orange on gloss black

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**Created:** [June 7, 2015, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regarding-burnt-orange-on-gloss-black/721921 "2015-06-07T21:09:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 7, 2015, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regarding-burnt-orange-on-gloss-black/721921/1 "2015-06-07T21:09:04Z")

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Many years ago, I was walking along and came upon a factory painted Harley Sportser that was gloss black and had its Harley decal in burnt orange, with a nice deep lacquer (sp?) coating going over both colors and the whole tank (of course).

I found this particular color combination to be thoroughly mesmerizing and for 20 minutes I couldn’t take my eyes off it.😃

This amazing color combination, I suspect, might be rooted in my days as a young child during fall and Halloween, as that’s my favorite time of the year, plus, I recall that many of us little kids had lunch pales with fall/Halloween depictions on them. Also, many Halloween parties were going on that used said combination as their central themes. (The mask were way cool!)

These days I remain smitten with burnt-orange on gloss black (or visa versa:-), and were it ever to happen that I should come into a lot of dough to allow it to happen, I’d even seriously consider moving way over to the beautiful state of Maine so as to situate myself into what I would regard as a “hauntingly beautiful set up” with me living in a classic Victoria house (or maybe a Frank-Lloyd Wright one) that would overlook the mysterious deep, black Atlantic ocean … with the ambience of it all reaching its zenith on October 31st!

I guess the only thing more that I could ask for than all of that would be for some beautiful and mysterious gal with a strong hint of vamperishness to enjoy inhaling it all in with.

It would be so wonderful!!!🙂

My question for you smart and friendly Dopers is, can you relate to my curious little fetish regarding said color combination … along with how it causes me to flow towards a fuller enrichment with the living situation of sharing a beautiful home above rocky cliffs with crashing waves below and candles… and dark skies and gothic music…pouring in from all directions …and bottles of fine wine … and the smell of the clean sea air rolling in from hundreds of miles away?

Thanks for indulging this old boy, All! And as always, I thank you in advance for any and all kind replies!

Note to Mod: Sorry if I (again) posted this in the wrong place, practice makes perfect, right?:o