Why can't we give names to properties in Tuples?

Question

Is there a specific reason that we have to refer to the properties in a Tuple as Item1, Item2 etc. This just seems like a bad idea to me as they could easily get mixed up in your code. Wouldn't it be much more meaningful to be able to name your properties ie. Red, Green, Blue?

Answer 1

If you want names, don't use Tuples.

Anonymous type:

var t = new { Green = 1, Red  = "nice" };

if (t.Green > 0) ....