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Yes. You may be surprised to know that up to the middle ages, the was no word to describe the colour of an orange. They used "red" to describe all the variants. That's why we call people "red-heads" even though it's nowhere near being red. Same goes for red-breasted robins.
http://karenhaller.co.uk/blog/colour-in-nature-when-red-is-really-orange/
http://karenhaller.co.uk/blog/colour-in-nature-when-red-is-really-orange/