Are oranges called oranges because they are orange or is orange called orange because oranges are orange?

You made me actually look this up out of curiosity. 😂 Turns out, it's the latter. The first use of the word "orange" refers to the fruit while the color was later named after the fruit. 🍊

No idea but find something that rhymes with orange. It’s kept me up at night.

First the fruit. The color was generically called "red" or "yellow-red" until Renaissance

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/orange-fruit-color-origin

The colour is named after the fruit 😀

You need to go back to earring hunting. Lol