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Are oranges called oranges because they are orange in color or is the color orange called orange because oranges are orange in color?
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∙ 11y ago
The colour orange hasn't always had its own name, as it used to just be a shade of red. I would say that the colour orange was named after the fruit, as it has been around longer than the colour itself has been individual.
Animalfriend555
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Because orange.
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What makes an orange the color orange?
Oranges are called oranges because eggplants are named after eggs.
Are oranges called oranges because they are orange or is orange called orange because oranges are orange?
Yes. see, the orange like the fruit came before the color orange. the color orange came from the orange (fruit), how it was colored. so if the orange were to say have been purple then instead of purple the color purple would've been orange. i know, it's a hard concept to understand. but, that is the answer.
is an orange is called an orange because and orange is orange, or orange called orange because oranges are orange?
because orange is a orange so they made it called orange and they made oranges orange wait....orange is a orange but a orange is the color orange?anyway they made orange called it orange made it orange and they became an orange
Color of the orange?
The color of oranges can be yellow or orange.
Why did they name orange color as orange but not yellow as mango color?
It is because oranges were made from an orangetree, so the people named it orange. that is why they named it orange
Why is an orange called orange what if the orange is called black?
The fruit orange is called an orange due to it's orange color. It wouldn't make much sense to call an orange fruit black. In some countries oranges are green.
If you eat an orange is it still orange or does the color change?
Oranges are always orange.
Are oranges orange color?
Orange or yellow== == they are blue i think!?
Why are oranges always orange?
"there orange"I believe it has to do with something to the effects of, they are chemically blue but the human eye registers them as orange.... There where other example given but this is the most talked about one.If anyone is curious... I found it and the answers is: Yes, oranges are really blue. The color we see any object, is the color that is not absorbed by the object. It is the color that it reflects ( in essence rejects) The color we see is not truly a part of the object, any more than an object that we see in a mirror is part of the mirror. The true color is the color the object absorbs and is the contrast of the color seen. Therefore oranges are blue (acttally bluish green :)) Grass is not green it is orange etc etc...
If an orange is called an orange why isn't a lemon called a lemon?
An orange is not called an orange because it is the colour orange. The name of the fruit was give to the orange, and the name of the colour was adapter by the colour of the fruit. (WikiAnswerers, do not remove what I have wrote because you think something is right. I base my answers on facts only.)
What are oranges?
citrus fruit that is indeed the color orange
How did oranges get their name?
Because it is orange. NOT! the fruit came before the colorContrary to what most of us think, this fruit was not named for its color. Instead, the word orange comes from a transliteration of the sanskrit naranga. Which comes from the Tamil naru. Which means "fragrant."
