You've always wondered if the orange (the fruit) was named after the color, or if the color was named after the fruit. amirite?

+490 You've always wondered if the orange (the fruit) was named after the color, or if the color was named after the fruit. amirite?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Apparently, they dye the fruit orange because it looks ripe, so fruit after the color.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

no, they were originally orange. they just dye them orangier. they pick them when they're not ripe, so their green and then they dye them. but they can also grow naturally to be orange. orange's were named after the l'orange family, and then the colour came from that.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

It's like the chicken and the egg all over again!

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Actually, oranges are green when grown in other areas of the world.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

MIND BLOWN!!!!!

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Color named after fruit. It was originally called "yellow red"

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I looked up pictures of green oranges. I feel like I've been betrayed!

by Anonymous 14 years ago