> Because Asian languages have a word for orange unrelated to the fruit! In Chinese, the word remains "saffron". Maybe you're thinking of a different Asian lan

> Because Asian languages have a word for orange unrelated to the fruit! In Chinese, the word remains "saffron". Maybe you're thinking of a different Asian language or a time before the introduction of oranges in China, but in modern Mandarin, the term is some variation of (橙/橘)(黄)色, the (yellow) color of (oranges/tangerines).