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Yes, the color was named after the fruit.
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There is a citrus fruit called an orange What color is an orange?
An orange is orange.
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.
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.
Why orange color orange?
Because the fruit is orange so it picks up from the color of the fruit
What is the difference between the color orange and the fruit?
The color orange was born in Jerusalem in the year 1253. The color orange is not citric and trees do not decide colors. Orange the fruit is a fruit.
What is Orange a Color or a Fruit?
Orange
What color is a orange?
Orange is like the Orange fruit.
Why is the fruit orange named after a colour?
Fruit oranges actually aren't named after the colour. That's a very common mistake people make.The colour orange is actually named after the fruit. Previously, the colour that we now recognise as orange was called geoluread.
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."
What part of speech is orange?
Orange can be a noun: I want to eat the orange. Orange can also be an adjective: My calculator is orange.
How do you explain a orange?
a spherical fruit that is orange in color
Is the orange orange because the color orange is orange or is the color orange orange because the orange is orange?
Orange is the color Orange because of capital letters but with capital it is the fruit orange
