was the fruit named orange because it was orange or do we say things are orange because they are same colour as the fruit
2006-08-03 07:14:26 · 16 answers · asked by Prometheus1300 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
i love questions like this ha!
2006-08-03 07:17:57 · answer #1 · answered by P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fruit
2006-08-03 15:14:35 · answer #2 · answered by diedhardsweetjazz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the colour orange was named after the fruit. because it has got the same shades of colour as the fruit orange.
2006-08-03 14:21:39 · answer #3 · answered by Fantasia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fruit first then the colour i think...arabs passing it on to spain with the fruit that was brought there
2006-08-03 14:24:47 · answer #4 · answered by uplate 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the fruit came first
2006-08-03 14:25:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think fruit first
2006-08-06 10:09:54 · answer #6 · answered by sw33ty 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
good question id guess the fruit was named after the colour and after the colour was named if that makes sense !!!! i don't know lol !!!!!!!
2006-08-03 14:24:39 · answer #7 · answered by crazy_chick_h 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We say "orange" because of the mobile phone company, ie: the future is orange
2006-08-03 14:19:23 · answer #8 · answered by | James | 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the fruit
2006-08-07 03:18:43 · answer #9 · answered by GRUMPY /UK 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
neither I'd say. It probably started off as some horrible little brown crusty thing and then over millions of years evolved in to what we have now.
2006-08-03 14:23:18 · answer #10 · answered by mikey 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the colour came first!, I couldn't tell you why though!
2006-08-03 14:22:00 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋