Are carrots orange?

Actually, not always. Any more than hen's eggs are brown (if you're British) or white (if you're USAmerican). I've been telling people for a couple of years in those odd 'did you know...' moments that carrots used to be purple. Well, and more. And it could be that there is a political angel to this. Are carrots protestant? | Culture Making:

"the long orange carrot of supermarket and snowman-nose and Bugs Bunney fame was popularized by Dutch breeders in the 17th century, perhaps as a tribute to William of Orange, the the Dutch independance leader who became a Calvinist and helped get the 80 years war started. His grandson William III ruled the Netherlands and, later on, the British Isles, where he was responsible for the introduction of orange as the favored color of Irish protestants."

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