The Tropical Fruit Orange
Glide 70178 Papaya is the warm, bright peach-orange of ripe papaya — slightly warmer and more peachy than Salmon, more orange than Apricot Blush, with the specific tropical-fruit warmth of exotic fruit. For tropical quilts, summer fruit-palette designs, and any project where warm peach-orange should feel tropical and lush, Papaya is the most precise choice.
Top 10 Uses
- Tropical peach-orange fabric backgrounds
- Summer fruit-palette production quilts
- Tropical and exotic-palette designs
- Tone-on-tone on warm peach-orange fabric
- Mixed tropical palette with fruity orange
- Sunset-palette quilts in warm peach-orange
- Paired with Salmon and Coral for complete warm peach-orange family
- Studio tropical fruit-orange production thread
- Hawaiian and island-themed orange quilts
- Completing the tropical warm orange family
Frequently Asked Questions
Papaya or Salmon?
Salmon is pinker; Papaya more orange. If the fabric photographs peach-orange, Papaya.
Papaya or Autumn?
Autumn is the golden leaf-orange; Papaya lighter and fruitier. Harvest fabrics take Autumn.
What pairs with Papaya on sunset quilts?
Fandango for the magenta band and Lavender for the fading sky.
Shop Fil-Tec Glide 70178 Papaya Thread
Warm tropical peach-orange for exotic and summer quilts.




