Are oranges called oranges because they are orange, or because they are the color orange?

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I vaguely remember having this discussion in biology my freshman year of high school lol..the color orange is named after the fruit orange. The English word orange came from a Spanish word(naranja? or something like that) which I believe means orange tree or something like that lol. So the fruit was in existence before the color had it's name....That's what I remember learning at least

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The color is named after the fruit 😊

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😂😂😂

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I'm pretty sure the name "orange" just comes from the Spanish "naranja" 🍊 it makes sense that the color is named after the fruit.

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Maybe? Who aren't grapefruit called pinky-yellow though?

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I was thinking the other day, what if we called things carrot instead? 🤔 Carrot scarf, carrot traffic cone...

But I think orange is the fruit because orange juice itself isn't orange.

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The color is named after the fruit.

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Maybe then ran out of names for fruits 🤷🏻‍♀️ lol

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It's because they are orange. And why does the orange emoji look like a pumpkin on my phone. I hate this phones emojis.

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Of course 😉

Are oranges called oranges because they are orange, or because they are the color orange?

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