Is there a difference between Naranja and Anaranjado?

Question

Dont they both mean orange?

This is a question that has been asked and answered, Please use 'search' and you will get a lot of replies - margaretbl, Aug 7, 2010

Answer 1

"Naranja" es la fruta y "anaranjado" el color. Pero es muy común usar cualquiera de los dos para referirse al color.

Answer 2

Yes they do both mean an orange although I think anaranjado for this term is used in America. The difference is that anaranjado/a, can also be used as an adjective describing a noun.

Naranja may be used as an adjective too: "una falda naranja" for example. Anaranjado is a colour however; it is not an orange. - silverlake, Aug 7, 2010

Answer 3

anaranjadonaranja

The oranger the orange the better it tastes!:) - Brynleigh, Aug 7, 2010

Hmmm...I wonder how to write that in Spanish? - Brynleigh, Aug 7, 2010

Funny you should say that. It took me many years to figure out why the heck oranges were always said to be orange. Where I grew up, oranges were always either green or yellow. And they were pretty darned good! - Gekkosan, Aug 7, 2010

I saw my first orange-colored orange when I went tot he United States. I thought it looked fake! :-) - Gekkosan, Aug 7, 2010

Answer 4

naranja = an orange (the fruit); except in PR, where the fruit = china anaranjado = the color orange

Answer 5

anaranjado/a is the adjective for the color orange, whereas naranja is the fruit