The fruit definitely came first—it is recorded in English in the fourteenth century, while the application of its name to the colour only appeared at the beginning of the seventeenth. This raises the question of what people called the colour before they had a word for it: either they didn’t (few things in nature are that colour and there was no bright orange pigment available to artists and dyers until the early nineteenth century) or they borrowed terms like yellow, gold, amber, or red to describe various shades. By the way, the word orange is interesting, etymologically speaking, because it’s an excellent example of a change called metanalysis in which the first letter of a word shifts to the end of the preceding word. So a numpire became an umpire, a napron became an apron, and so on. In Arabic, the fruit was named naranj (from Persian narang and Sanskrit naranga—the orange may have originated in northern India) and this name came with the fruit into Italian and also into Spanish, in which the fruit is still called naranja. The initial letter dropped off before the word reached English, possibly in Italian but more probably in French. http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-ora1.htm The noun preceded the adjective, deriving ultimately from the Sanskrit naranga, "orange tree." It is thought that the initial "n" may have been dropped in French or Italian as it was assimilated into the definite article--i.e., une narange became une arange, and una narancia became una arancia. The first English use of the word "orange" as a color adjective appears to have been in 1620. http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_344a.html

the color orange form the sun

The fruit. The color is named after it.

The noun preceded the adjective, deriving ultimately from the Sanskrit naranga, "orange tree." It is thought that the initial n may have been dropped in French or Italian as it was assimilated into the definite article--i.e., une narange became une arange, and una narancia became una arancia. The first English use of the word "orange" as a color adjective appears to have been in 1620. http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_344a.html

Both spring from the same Sanskrit root word and became part of the English language at about the same time, but it's generally accepted that the fruit came first.

I would say the fruit because I dont think orange is included in the spectrum.

What color is the sun before the sunset? Exactly...

I think the color came before the fruit. There were things that were orange and recognized prior to an orange tree being know. Orange trees do not grow every place and the sun is visible from every place.

The color itself.... But honestly Oranges... Yummy!!! XD They named it orange and since they loved it so much, anything orange looking in color they named orange!! LOL

Well, if the fruit is wearing orange I would have to say the color.

I have no answer - I just like your question, but if I was to hazard a guess, I'd say the orange .. which in turn once ripe then provided the colour.

The color orange has been around ever since the universe was created. Taking a guess......The fruit was named by its orange color. So as far as the name Orange goes...I say the color.