Fun fact this is actually because red onions predate the concept of purple. People just straight up didn’t have the word for purple yet so it was considered a kind of red and the name has just stuck with us ever since.
Edit: worth specifying by “people” I do mean english speakers. Other cultures had defined concepts of purple well before english.
Chags1
Just like most “blue” foods are in fact a shade a purple, ya know, like blueberries
SirRyan007
This is so true
melbourne_al
Also ginger hair is the colour of strawberries and strawberry blonde is the colour of ginger
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Fun fact this is actually because red onions predate the concept of purple. People just straight up didn’t have the word for purple yet so it was considered a kind of red and the name has just stuck with us ever since.
Edit: worth specifying by “people” I do mean english speakers. Other cultures had defined concepts of purple well before english.
Just like most “blue” foods are in fact a shade a purple, ya know, like blueberries
This is so true
Also ginger hair is the colour of strawberries and strawberry blonde is the colour of ginger
