Flying SquidM to Lemmy Shitpost • 8 months agoDefinitely don't call him Brother Gutenberg.imagemessage-square14arrow-up1760arrow-down16
arrow-up1754arrow-down1imageDefinitely don't call him Brother Gutenberg.Flying SquidM to Lemmy Shitpost • 8 months agomessage-square14
minus-squareddhlinkfedilinkEnglish6•8 months agoFun fact, “orange” was first used as a colour in the sixteenth century and prior to that many orange-coloured objects were referred to as red.
minus-square@jaybonelink4•8 months agoI remember hearing that and wondering if they called the fruit reds.
minus-squareddhlinkfedilinkEnglish5•8 months agoThe colour was named after the fruit actually, originally people said “orange-coloured” then just shortened that to “orange”
I’m so old, I remember when red wasn’t invented yet.
Fun fact, “orange” was first used as a colour in the sixteenth century and prior to that many orange-coloured objects were referred to as red.
I remember hearing that and wondering if they called the fruit reds.
What was the fruit called?
The colour was named after the fruit actually, originally people said “orange-coloured” then just shortened that to “orange”