Orange: Which came first, the colour or the fruit? Many languages use the same word (or derived words) for both the fruit and the colour, such as English, Italian, German, Spanish,  Greek, Polish, Arabic, Tagalog and Mandarin. Logically, it makes sense

Orange: Which came first, the colour or the fruit? Many languages use the same word (or derived words) for both the fruit and the colour, such as English, Italian, German, Spanish,  Greek, Polish, Arabic, Tagalog and Mandarin. Logically, it makes sense

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