The colour is named after the orange fruit, introduced to Europe via the Indo-European word nāranja. Before this was introduced to the English-speaking world, the colour was referred to (in Old English) as geoluhread, which translates into Modern English as yellow-red.
The first recorded use of orange as a colour name in English was in 1512,[2] 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!"
Meni nesto nije jasno. Kada je nesto crveno, onda se kaze crveni se, kada je crno crni se, kad je plavo plavi se, kad je narandzasto, onda se narandzastira, narandzasti, narandzastise ili sta???
starije je jaje jer su ga nosili još dinosaurusi :P
aka Vitez Koja
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日本光学工業株式会社 :: One photo out of focus is a mistake, ten
photo out of focus are an experimentation, one hundred photo out of focus are a
style.
ono sto gore pise na engleskom ne znaci nista,
ne pricamo o engleskom nego o srpskom,
kod nas je moglo da bude obrnuto
mada ja mislim da nije
zato sto je boja narandzASTA
ako razumete sta hocu da kazem
recimo da otkrijemo neko novo voce koje je crvene boje, krenuli bi da ga zovemo CrvenkASTO po boji
i onda bi znali da je voce dobilo ime po boji a ne obratno
tako da je boja narandzasta a voce imenovano po njoj ne bi se zvalo narandza nego Narandzastina ili tkao nesto...
pa ja mislim da je jasno da je boja dobila ime po vocu
e, sad posto naranja ocigledno nije naseg porekla,
ono sto mene zanima je kako smo mi zvali narandzastu boju pr enego sto smo videli narandze....