The color amber is a pure chromatic color, located midway between yellow and orange on the color wheel. The name of the color derives from the material also called amber, which commonly occurs in a range of yellow-orange-brown-red colors; Similarly, amber as a color can refer to a range of yellow-orange colors. In English, the first recorded use of the term as a name for a colour, rather than a reference to the specific substance, dates back to the 1500s.