Originally Posted By: SandyO
Thanks so much for the most interesting feed-back. It's probably one of those old phrases that was bastardized along the way. And I agree..since carrot tops are green and not red, it should be 'carrot-colored top'. Oh the mysteries of the English language ;^)

Makes sense to me. The 'top' refers to their head, not the carrot's. In typical Aussie perversity, Australian slang nicknames someone with red hair 'Blue' or 'Bluey' since blue is opposite to orange.