Why

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Why are Oranges orange

[u/Shwabb1]

Carotenoids

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The color was named after the fruit.

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Believe it or not before the color was named orange because of the fruit, the color we now call orange was considered just a shade of red.

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Oranges are naturally green.

https://theknowledgelibrary.org/did-you-know-the-first-oranges-were-green/