leviathans-in-the-tardis:

crime-andpunishment:

starkky:

are oranges named oranges because oranges are orange or is orange called orange because oranges are orange

The colour was named after the fruit. Before that, people would just use the colour red to describe something that we consider orange now. It’s why we call gingers red-heads and why robins are red breasted, when really they’re an orange colour.

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(Source: brrochu, via magiccometblog-deactivated20160)

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