Why is an orange called an orange?

Think about this for a second.

It's the only fruit or vegetable that is named after its color. Why?

It seems so normal to us. I mean it's not like i'm going to ask you to pass a "yellow" when I want a banana.
Hey, can you go to the store and buy some "Purple's?" ...sounds weird... yep, grapes would be more appropriate.

It would be kind of cool though if you could call Strawberry's "Red's" and kiwifruit's "Green's".

I swear I am not on drugs or drunk, it just came to me.

 

Tangerines are named after the city of Tangiers in Morroco where they originally were developed.I wonder if there is a city by the name of "Orange"?

 

There's a town called "Orange" in Australia, I believe. Haha how funny.

"Tangiers" was also the name they used on 30 Rock as the name to describe Tracey Jordan's "gay lion" tattoo lol.

 

Well then,that could be the answer as oranges originally were brought in from Australia.

 

Crikey! You know a lot. I like you by the way, thanks for replying to that question in the other thread about why I write my username the way I do lol. Kind of a random question coming off the quote in question.

 

that's the way it is.. just don't bother brother

 

Also, probably the color was named after the fruit..

 

@The Webby
You're an orange colored cat....so you're the color of a "fruit"?....................hmmmmm? I'm in no way insinuating that Garfield the cat is gay
@astroboi
You've got to have a good sense of humor to make it here on "General Chat".We're all friends here and it's all in the spirit of fun.And yes we tease it other and you'll get your share of it too. By the way,welcome to DP.

 

What a cat can do if it was up to me I would have called this color 'Garfield'

 

Why is an orange called an orange but a lemon is not called a yellow?

 

That color orange that y we are called orange

 

well it called naranja in spanish

 

Yellow is Yellow then Orange is Orange My friend. ...................hahahahahah

 

may be fate

 

Well i have never thought of this question, i don't even like orange but maybe the reason its called orange is because of where it originated from.

 

Maybe an orange is called an orange because it is not called an apple

 

i suppose its come naturally.. there are many questions that dont really have a logical answear..

 

orange color is orange thats why orange called orange

 

I love orange. I guess it is name after its color.

 

Nope, the color is named after the fruit.