In the US, "ginger" is a seasoning, not a color. Like, in general; we do not refer to anything as being ginger-colored unless it's a sort of pale yellowish tan.

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skyberrys 8 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

The redhead, ginger, color link comes from early season ginger, which has reddish pink tips around the leaves right above the fresh root.

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aqme28 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

People will still refer to redheads as "ginger" but only some of the time

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SoftTalker 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

That's a fairly new thing. Growing up, I never heard anyone use "ginger" in that way. It was always "redhead." Or sometimes "strawberry blonde" for lighter shades.

	▲	rigrassm 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Millennial checking in, ginger was used all the time when I was a kid

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manarth 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Only a ginger should call another person ginger.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVN_0qvuhhw

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dylan604 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

If you would then please explain the "kick a ginger day" from SouthPark

	▲	phoghed an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		South Park popularized it. It was known but not common before that where I lived. It also popularized harassing them in general at my school.
	▲	Der_Einzige 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Old south-park is no longer culturally relevant.

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card_zero 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

In UK English ginger isn't exactly a color either. It's not like yellow or orange. It's a state of being.

I don't know why this is being downvoted. Does "ginger-colored" sound right to you? It doesn't quite work.

	▲	leoedin 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It's true. A person is ginger, but nobody ever says things are ginger coloured. Ginger isn't even really one colour - it's a spectrum of orange-containing hair colours.