Question

Orange, a lavishly unique color. Was the color named after the fruit, or was the fruit named after the color?

Answer 1

Yes color orange was named after the fruit .

earlier the word orange was first came from a Spanish word "naranja"  and then as orange.

in earlier days word orange just just meant that "yellow-red".

Answer 2

Sounds weird but the color is named after the fruit (Quick Wikipedia search)