So, I've long noticed that Amana Orange is a different kind of orange than most orange tomatoes. It's almost like it glows, like it has a very slight pink hue to it or something. Has anyone else noticed this?

I grew Orange Jazz, which is descended from Amana Orange, and it has that unique orange, too; so, it seems something that can be passed on.

Does anyone know what's responsible for the unique color? I know it has tetra-cis lycopene in it, but so do other orange tomatoes. It must have something else, or a different skin color, or something.

The unique color isn't easy to see in digitized pictures.

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While we're talking about Amana Orange, read LarryR's review on Dave's Garden about it (which gives us more historical information): https://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/68918/

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Also, as a side note, I'm very interested to hear about any other orange tomatoes that draw their orange-ness from Amana Orange. I imagine Chef's Choice Orange F1 is one. So, we're got these lists:

Definite:
* Amana Orange
* Orange Jazz

Probable:
* Amana Orange (Burrough's Strain)
* Chef's Choice Orange F1

The probable list is those whose orange could possibly be from another parent (if both parents were orange).