WHICH CAME FIRST: ORANGE THE COLOR OR ORANGE THE FRUIT?
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by Dr. Marli Botha There are very few pure colour names like black, white, red, blue, green or brown; most of the hundreds of words we use for colours come from things such as fruit, flowers, precious stones and other objects, for example cerise, turquoise,…
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🐧✨America Is Musty✨🐧 on X: Always wondered if the color orange is named after the fruit or if the fruit got its name from the color.Thx for clearingthis up,internet😐 / X
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