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Oranges are initially green.
And in some places they stay greenish yellow. Oranges only turn orange under two circumstances. The first is in colder climates (like the US), where the temperature kills the chlorophyll pigments and carotenoids shows through.
Also, oranges in the US are often sprayed with Ethylene Gas, which also kills the chlorophyll and turns them orange.
Many greenish yellow oranges taste exactly the same as orange ones, its just that the US consumer demands orange oranges. Whatever floats our boats eh?
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What color are oranges on Tuesdays?
oranges do not exist on tuesdays.
Color of the orange?
The color of oranges can be yellow or orange.
What are oranges?
citrus fruit that is indeed the color orange
What makes an orange the color orange?
Oranges are called oranges because eggplants are named after eggs.
How are apples and oranges different?
They taste diffrnt and diffrent color
What color is mold that grows on oranges?
An assortment of blues and greens.
What is the present tense of oranges?
Orange (the fruit and the color) is a noun (or adjective) and does not have tenses like past, present, and future. Tense applies to the verb. The oranges will roll down the hill The oranges are rolling down the hill The oranges rolled down the hill Same oranges
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.
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.
What do oranges provide the humaine body?
the orange color that is contained in your skin molecules
If you eat an orange is it still orange or does the color change?
Oranges are always orange.
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...
