Our old Formica wasn't burnt orange, but not far from it.  However, ours did show the wear and age......where the elbows rested on the eating area, where the hand went to push the body up outta the chair there, next to the sink, etc etc.

I saw a stack of Formica samples at Menard's not long ago, and you can get the lovely turquoise shade with the random boomerangs in it again/still! 

We did Corian when we remodeled 3 yrs ago, and some days I wish we'd done granite or quartz for the heat tolerance.  But overall, I'm very happy with it.