The Color Orange is an organization established in 2008 by Jens Galschiøt to highlight violations of human rights in China on the occasion of the Olympic Games in Beijing August 2008.
[1] The organization uses the colour orange to peacefully bring notice to human rights violations during this time.
Danish artist Jens Galschiøt and his staff flew to Hong Kong in order to paint the pillar orange.
[3] The Chinese Democracy Movement decided to paint the sculpture orange by themselves to put focus on Human Rights in China and show support to the worldwide project TheColorOrange about using Orange in connection to the Olympic Games 2008 to boost the awareness about Human Rights violations in China.
Amongst others, the Movement counts as members, the chairman of the Hong Kong Trade Union, Cheuk Yan Lee, the poet, politician and unionist Szeto Wah, the Human Rights lawyer Albert Ho, the activist and artist Longhair, and several Hong Kong MPs.