Why is an Orange called an Orange and an Apple isn't called a Green?

Question

Or a Banana called a Yellow? The list goes on

Answer 1

Orange derives from Sanskrit nāraṅgaḥ "orange tree", but another explanation tries to establish a link to a Dravidian root “fragrant”. Compare Tamil narandam [நரந்தம்] “bitter orange”, nagarukam [நாகருகம்] “sweet orange” and nari [நாரி] "fragrance". The Sanskrit or Dravidian word was borrowed into European languages through Persian nārang, Armenian nārinj, Arabic nāranj, Spanish naranja, Late Latin arangia, Italian arancia or arancio, and Old French orenge, in chronological order. The first appearance in English dates from the 14th century. The forms starting with n- are older; this initial n- may have been mistaken as part of the indefinite article, in languages with articles ending with an -n sound (eg. in French une norenge may have been taken as une orenge). The name of the colour is derived from the fruit, first appearing in this sense in 1542.

Answer 2

apples arent constantly green, yet an orange is often orange and the scientific names: A candy orange is Citrus sinensis; Seville or bitter orange is Citrus aurantium; tangarine or mandarin orange is Citrus reticulat

Answer 3

An apple isn't called green because the apple can be red...yellow...green...red and yellow...or any other lest of those three together.

Now to answer the banana a banana can be brown green or yellow.

An orange is only one color.

Answer 4

You can call apples and bananas whatever you care to. The reason I call an apple an apple, and a banana a banana is so people know what I'm talking about.

Answer 5

Oranges are always Orange. Apples can be red and Bananas can be green when unripe and black when too ripe. And if you were going to call a banana a Yellow, what would you call a lemon?

Answer 6

Orange derived from pomum de orenge which roughly means orange apple!

Answer 7

I think it is because of connation (i.e.Like, duck (v) means to get your head down to avoid something. and duck(n) witch does like this). So, maybe after they called the fruit orange, they called the colour like they called duck(v) from duck(n). But I'm not sure. You know, another language(s) sometimes has "Orange" & "Orange" the same, or about the same.

N.B.: I think it is better for this question to be in "Language" category and not "Food"'s

Answer 8

well maybe because some apples are red and some bananas are green and an orange is just orange

Answer 9

I think the colour orange was named after the fruit! Until then it was probably "dark yellow" or something!

Answer 10

because oranges are more orange than apples are green. im not sure about bananas, because there pretty yellow, but i think they were pretty drunk when they came up with the name for bananas anyway...

Answer 11

For one because not all apples are green.