Mid-Week Mini: Which Came First? The Color or the Fruit?
From The Internet Says it’s True by Michael Kent
April 29, 2026 · 3 min
About this episode
This episode explores whether the color orange or the fruit orange came first.
In this week’s Mid-Week Mini Episode, we find out the answer to the question: Which came first? Orange the color? Or Orange the fruit? Did you know The Internet Says It’s True is now a book? Get it here: https://amzn.to/4miqLNy Review this podcast at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-internet-says-it-s-true/id1530853589 Bonus episodes and content available at http://Patreon.com/MichaelKent
People in this episode
Host: Michael Kent
Topics covered
- color theory
- fruit origins
- language
- etymology
- cultural references
Keywords
- orange
- color
- fruit
- etymology
- language
- history
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Products: book
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