Are Oranges Called Oranges Because Oranges Are Orange or is Orange Called Orange Because Oranges Are Orange?

I don't even know what is happening right now

Jimmy Dead Face on May 19, 2020

The color orange used to be considered a shade of red. the fruit orange came first. one would say, "pass me that red fruit." "you mean the orange?" "yeah." but then they decided that orange was different from red, so they named the color after the fruit.

Potato on May 19, 2020

The fruit was named first. The colour used to be called red-yellow

Mira on May 20, 2020

the orange is named orange cuz of the fruit, not the color (but what do I know,right?)

mrbigboi on May 22, 2020

Yes, the other comments are right, the fruit was named "Orange" before the color was. Oh, and it was technically called "flavo-rumbrim"...I think. That's Latin for yellowred.

puh-TAH-toe on June 4, 2020

Tf

menicefwiend on June 6, 2020

orange (the color) used to be called geoluhread until it was renamed after orange (the fruit).

pathetic mortal scum on July 3, 2020

orange

potato on July 13, 2020

I learn something new every time I look at the replys.

ShePotato on August 24, 2020

the color goes from the fruit. so first was the fruit than the color. duh

ocean eyed girl on September 1, 2020

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh im pretty sure the color was named after the fruit bc the fruit came first obviously...

HEY on October 7, 2020

You have a point there....

;-; on October 25, 2020

because orange,

person that exists on November 17, 2020

"Did you just say orange 8 times in one sentence and have it actually make sense?"

Yeetaleetthesecond on September 30, 2022

orange. just orange.

i love kittens on February 5, 2024