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Love Demetri Martin.
But the real story is weirder: the color is named after the fruit. Prior to the 16th century it was "yellow-red".
Also carrots were not commonly orange when oranges arrived in Europe. The carrots we're used to were hybridized from the earlier yellow, red, and purple varieties in the late 18th century.