What was the orange colour called in English before the late 15th century?

Correct answer: Yellow-red

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Pompom 2
Pompom 2
I like oranges!
RiverDawn
RiverDawn
Still there is no word that rhymes precisely with "orange", although "courage" comes close!
Kiwirobot
Kiwirobot
Alex Stavi, not from Portugal, but from the arabic for orange: burtuqal
gunes
gunes
calicot, what about instead of yellow for limon or red for apple and so on....
hannu🥰
hannu🥰
Alex Stavi, also in Arabic is burtoghal
K
K
calicot, -wonder how they named orange orange
K
K
calicot, so they named the colour orange after the orange but i do wo
It’s The Dragon
It’s The Dragon
Smack-dab in the middle!!!
Alex Stavi
Alex Stavi
the fruit, in romanian language, is "portocală" ; the color is "portocaliu" . So we, romanians, imported the term from Portugal