Look, I love the "212th Gold" as much as the next person, but I think we really need to start appreciating the symbolic themes you can have with the color Orange.
Orange, the color of fire, of the sun. Orange is the color of warmth, and the hearth, and safety. The leading light. The color rage and destruction, and hunger, and fierceness. The 212th men are men of fire.
We see it in Waxer and Boil being the guiding light to safety for Numa. The care and warmth they brought her when she was scared and alone in the dark.
We see it in the feral need to win. Fists and legs equal weapons along side their blasters. Ready to throw their bodies onto the enemy, "If I go down, I'm taking you with me." Bruised and broken hands clenched tight ready to continue burning their way through droids, determined to live another day.
We see it most of all with the 212th's own Marshal Commander Cody. A sunburst printed on his chest with pride. The sun is the leading force of nature. It brings life, it brings safety, it brings warmth. The sun burns bright, and dangerous, flares lashing out ready to incinerate anything in its orbit.
Orange is the wistful hope of the sunrise and the blazing glory of the sunset.
Orange is the color of the 212th Attack Battalion.
