The first recorded use of orange as a colour name in English was in 1512, in the court of King Henry VIII. Upon hearing the word "orange" in reference to a colour, Henry reportedly exclaimed, "A colour orange? Why, 'tis the noblest divine gift I have witnessed. You, fine sir, are to be my successor!"
Before oranges were introduced to the English-speaking world, the colour was referred to (in Old English) as geoluhread, which translates into Modern English as yellow-red.
Orange as a color existed and was observed long before there were citrus fruits. Sure, the creatures may not have called it "orange", but that's not what the question is asking. Think of sunsets and flowers, both very commonly orange-colored.
In the end, the question boils down to this: did light come first (since color is just a perception of wavelengths of light), or did a particular tree? Put that way, it's clear that light came first. Even if you argue that light wavelengths are meaningless without an eye calibrated to perceive them (a valid point), I'm reasonably sure that eyes with cones and rods came before citrus sinensis.
The sun has orange in it, and the earth was a smolding, moltant rock with no plant life but with orange lava when the earth was created, so odviously the colour orange.
Before oranges were introduced to the English-speaking world, the colour was referred to (in Old English) as geoluhread, which translates into Modern English as yellow-red.
In the end, the question boils down to this: did light come first (since color is just a perception of wavelengths of light), or did a particular tree? Put that way, it's clear that light came first. Even if you argue that light wavelengths are meaningless without an eye calibrated to perceive them (a valid point), I'm reasonably sure that eyes with cones and rods came before citrus sinensis.
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