How to say "orange" in Japanese

• オレンジJLPT N1approx.Common
  no-adjectiveThe loanword covers both the fruit and the colour. It is the word for the fruit itself — eating, buying, describing it — and it can also stand alone as a name for the colour.
  あなたはリンゴが好すきですか、それともオレンジが好すきですか。↗

  Do you like apples or oranges?
• 橙色だいだいいろCommon
  no-adjectiveRefers to the colour only, never the fruit. A kanji-written colour term, it fits descriptions of things whose colour is orange, such as an evening sky or autumn leaves.
• オレンジ色オレンジいろCommon
  no-adjectiveMeans the colour only, not the fruit — literally 'orange colour'. A straightforward way to name the colour when describing clothes, cars, walls and the like.

For the fruit, 「オレンジ」 is the word — it can also serve as the colour's name; for the colour as such, 「オレンジ色」 and 橙色 are the dedicated terms.

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• オレンジorange (fruit, colour)
• 橙色だいだいいろorange (color, colour)
• オレンジ色オレンジいろorange (colour, color)
• 橙黄色とうこうしょくorange (colour)
• 炎色えんしょくflame (color, colour)
• 橙だいだいorange (color, colour)