Are Oranges Called Oranges Because They Are Orange in Color...

...Or is it the color called orange because oranges are orange in color?

Oranges is called orange because they're orange in colour and the colour is called orange because it looks like oranges in colour. —

Posted by Pisces1803
Oranges is called orange because they're orange in colour and the colour is called orange because it looks like oranges in colour. —

But why are oranges called orange because they're orange in colour and the colour is called orange because they look like oranges in colour?

The earliest uses of the word in English refer to the fruit, and the colour was later named after the fruit. Before the English-speaking world was exposed to the fruit, the colour was referred to as "yellow-red" (geoluread in Old English) or "red-yellow".

Posted by LadyNeptune
The earliest uses of the word in English refer to the fruit, and the colour was later named after the fruit. Before the English-speaking world was exposed to the fruit, the colour was referred to as "yellow-red" (geoluread in Old English) or "red-yellow".

Thank you for screwing my thread.

Posted by Secret

Posted by LadyNeptune
The earliest uses of the word in English refer to the fruit, and the colour was later named after the fruit. Before the English-speaking world was exposed to the fruit, the colour was referred to as "yellow-red" (geoluread in Old English) or "red-yellow".

Thank you for screwing my thread.

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Horticulturist here *raises hand

I got lots of useless facts floating around in this head of mine.

I think the fruit came first because people in the european middle ages were not very fancy with color names, most of the early color names come from objects .

Did you guys know that carrots used to be purple?

Posted by sagsagsag

Posted by Secret
Did you guys know that carrots used to be purple?

No. But I do know that carrots were called orange before orange fruit was found because the color is orange.

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No.

You're soooo funny, Secret!

Posted by Koniuchaa
So why is a banana not called yellow or the yellow color not called banana

? ?

banana is too recent

Posted by Koniuchaa
So why is a banana not called yellow or the yellow color not called banana

? ?

I don't know, but humans share 50% of their DNA with bananas.