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Interestingly, in a bunch of other European languages the fruit is referred to as ”apple from China”. But the colour is still named ”orange”.
by eCa 5y ago
Interestingly, in a bunch of other European languages the fruit is referred to as ”apple from China”. But the colour is still named ”orange”.
- CRConrad 5y agoIt's fallen ever more out of use, but when I was young the colour orange was still often called "brandgult" -- "fire-yellow" -- in Swedish. (And the fruit still is an "apelsin".)
- perl4ever 5y ago>"fire-yellow" That reminds me how my first car was blue-green, or turquoise, to me, but other people would often call it "green". The official color name according to the manufacturer was "Tahitian Green", I think. Under sodium lights, it would look blue to me, but under other lighting, I considered it to be a blue-green. But it never made any sense to me to consider it primarily green.
- dorchadas 5y agoSomething similar in Irish -- orange was (and still is, among older native speakers in the Gaeltacht) flannbhuí, translating literally as 'blood red yellow'. This is actually the word used for the color on the Irish flag in their constitution. Then English influence and learners who directly port from English came along and now oráiste, which was originally only the name of the fruit, has replaced it sadly.
- kolinko 5y agoIn Poland the fruit is “pomarańcza”, and the colour is “pomarańczowy” :)