Yes, you are correct, Europeans did NOT have the color or shade of orange before these fruits were discovered and imported from the east. So, as you say, the NEW COLOR was named after the fruit.

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Which Came First: Orange the Color or Orange the Fruit? | Mental ...

When was the color orange discovered?

“””” The citrus definitely got named first. The earliest recorded use of orange the fruit in English is from the 1300s and came to us from the Old French orenge, adapted from the Arabic nāranj, from the Persian nārang, from the Sanskrit nāranga (orange tree)””””, www.mentalfloss.com ' article ' which-came-first-orange... .

P.S. la parola per arancia (il frutto) in spagnolo è Naranja.

The following are species in their own right…

• Blackberries
• White Sapote (Casimoroa)
• Black Sapote (Chocolate Pudding Fruit or Black Persimmon)
• Blackcurrants
• Redcurrants
• Whitecurrants

The following are colour variations that are either regional in origin or deliberately bred…

• Yellow plums, Red plums, Black plums
• White cherries, Black cherries
• Yellow peaches, white peaches
• Yellow tomatoes, Red tomatoes, Green tomatoes
• Black capsicums, Red capsicums, Yellow capsicums
• Red Tamarillos, Yellow Tamarillos
• Ruby Grapefruit
• Red papaya
• Etc