How did the color orange get its name?


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The first recorded use of orange as a color name in English was in 1512 in the court of King Henry VIII.The color is named after the orange fruit introduced to Europe via the Sanskrit word n?ranja.Before the sanskrit it was called geoluhread. ChaCha!

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