pomaraczowy

Pomaraczowy is an adjective in the Polish language that describes a color in the orange spectrum. In contemporary standard Polish, the background form for the color is pomarańczowy, while pomaraczowy is considered nonstandard, often arising as an archaic, regional, or stylistic variant.

Etymology and orthography: Both adjectives originate from the same root related to the word for the orange fruit, pomarańcza. The form pomaraczowy reflects an older or alternative spelling of the root, where the phonetic cluster differs from the modern pomarańczowy. Polish spelling reforms in the 19th and 20th centuries favored pomarańczowy, so pomaraczowy now appears primarily in historical texts or regional usage.

Usage: In modern writing, pomarańczowy is the recommended form when referring to the color orange. Pomaraczowy may be found in older literature, dialect writings, or as a deliberate stylistic choice to evoke antiquity or regional speech. If encountered, the intended color is orange, but the form signals archaism or nonstandard usage rather than current standard Polish.

See also: Pomarańczowy, orange (color), Polish language, orthography, color terminology.