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Is the fruit orange named after the colour orange?
No, oranges are not named after the colour. The colour orange is actually named after the fruit.Before then, the colour orange was called geoluread (yellow-red).
Are oranges called oranges because they are orange in color or is the color orange called orange because oranges are orange in color?
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.
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.)
When were orange carrots first grown?
it was made when carrots were born oranges were born cause of the colour orange
Hos is an orange a orange?
Oranges are orange because of a chemical called carotene, this is also responsible for the orange colour in, yes, you guessed it, CARROTS. Pumpkins and other orange fruit and vegetables owe there colour to carotene as well.
What is a Persian orange?
Persian oranges are a bitter/sour variety of orange that was the standard orange in Europe until the introduction of sweet oranges from India (I think by Marco Polo). Persian oranges are similar to blood oranges in colour but are sour, almost like a lemon but differing in flavour from a lemon only by the presence of a bitterness similar to that of a blood orange.
What are the colour mixed to make orange?
Red and yellow gives us orange!
What colour mixing gives orange?
Red and yellow
What is the plural of an orange?
The plural of orange is oranges.
What fruit is named after its colour?
orange, plum, apricot, peach, lime
What is the plural for orange?
The plural form of "orange" is "oranges."
What is a plural of orange?
The plural of orange is oranges.
