What colour is the $20

[JD]

As the title suggests do you think the $20 note is orange or red?

my mum and me are arguing about it, i think its red and she thinks its orange and according to wiki it has a contrast of yellow and red with a red background, to me that says its more red than orange but whats your view?

[hakhawk]

looks orange, which is what red and yellow do!!

[hakhawk]

http://www.rba.gov.au/CurrencyNotes/...ty_dollar.html

one side looks more orange, one more red

[albert5268]

ive always seen it as being red... didnt even know there was a dispute

[Lumps of cheese]

I never have a 20 long enough to notice.

[AirStrike]

It's an orange beer ticket, always has been and always will be

[minux]

I agree its defiantly orange

[albert5268]

There have been only two different issues of this denomination: a paper note which had a gradient of yellow and red, with a distinct red background, and a polymer note which can be recognised for its distinct red colouration. The polymer note was issued in 1994

Thats what wikipedia says... the gradient of yellow and red was the OLD paper note. The note is definately red. Guess our eyes see differently...

[88GreenVN]

I'm colour blind so its red to me.

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

Looks red to me too. Unless you throw up on it, then it would be orange because of the carrots.

[1vngal]

Well, I've never really thought about it, but as soon as I read the question I thought, "It's red..." And voted red.

So I went a dug a $20 note out and had a better look. It seems to be kinda orangish, but I looks more red to me.

[GLD-086]

Looks red to me too. Unless you throw up on it, then it would be orange because of the carrots.

lol

I've always seen it as orange. Not like I pay much attention anyway, because it's usually not in my posession for very long, when I go to the grog shop.

[albert5268]

From www.answers.com

$20 notes are also sometimes called redbacks, both due to their colour and as a play on the slang term greenback for the American dollar.


Heres some snippets i found on government websites


The one hundred dollar note is green in colour, the fifty dollar note is yellow in colour, the twenty dollar note is red in colour, the ten dollar note is blue, and the five dollar note is a light purple.

* All notes are colour coded differently

$5 Pink - note that there are two different designs of the $5 note
$10 Blue
$20 Red
$50 Yellow
$100 Green

Looks like they intended for it to be red. I have yet to find a website that described it as orange.

Edit: just noticed one government website describes the $5 as purple and the other as pink... guess they are a bit confused as well... maybe we should start another poll on what colour the $5 note is

[Noy]

Im a printer, and some companys just to name 2:

Coca-cola
Qantas

Have colors that they copyright, coca-colas red isnt just a normal plain red neither is qantas's red. I know a lot of companys that copyright there colors.

Dont know if the notes have the same deal or not, I can ask my mate at work though who used to print notes.

[JD]

it is copyrighted, found that out today.

[Noy]

The note or the color lol?