why is an orange called an orange but no other fruit is named after its colour?

Answer 1

Lemon, Lime, Cherry, Peach, and i!m sure ther are lots more.

Answer 2

LOL good question but the fact is an orange from the tree i more yellow than orange. They dye them to make them a nice even orange color.

Now why is Passion Fruit called Passion Fruit?

Answer 3

I would guestarize that they had named all the other fruits, and when they got to the orange, they did not have a name for it, so they kept it simple, and called it an orange because it was orange. (smile) Cheers to you!

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Answer 4

They couldn't be ars*d by the time the naming ceremony had got to the orange. All the other names had been taken and they needed to get to the pub. When the bloke in charge asked his assistant what colour it was he decided that it would be fine. He was later fired from the item naming council for laziness.

Answer 5

Here's the derivation of orange:

Middle English, from Old French pume orenge, translation and alteration (influenced by Orenge, Orange, a town in France) of Old Italian melarancio : mela, fruit + arancio, orange tree.

That should answer your question.

Answer 6

Yeah, njay got you with peach.

I think the colour was named after the fruit in this case anyway.

Answer 7

Oranges are not the only fruit

Answer 8

blueberry
blackberry
lime
lemon
Tangerine

Have you noticed that the colours are named after the fruit???

Answer 9

maybe they named the colour after the fruit - did you ever think of that*

Answer 10

Peach, Lime, Lemon, Cherry, Red Apple, Green Apple, blueberry... But don't forget water (Aqua). If you go to different country's they have other fruit.

Answer 11

The colour PINK is named after the flower called PINK, which isnt always pink by the way.