Maroon (color)

Rich Maroon
	— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet	#B03060
Source	X11
	B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte);

Maroon
	— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet	#C32148
Source	Crayola
	B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte);

Maroon
	— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet	#800000
Source	HTML/CSS
	B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte);

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"Maroon" redirects here. For other uses, see Maroon (disambiguation).

Maroon is a dark red color.

Etymology

Chestnut

Maroon is derived from French marron ("chestnut").²

The first recorded use of maroon as a color name in English was in 1789.³

Variations of maroon

Maroon (Crayola)

At right is displayed the color that was designated as maroon in Crayola crayons beginning in 1949. It is of dark brownish to dark red shade. A medium shade of maroon halfway between red and rose.

Rich maroon (maroon (X11))

At right is displayed the color rich maroon, i.e. maroon as defined in the X11 color names, which is much brighter and more toned toward rose than the HTML/CSS maroon shown above.

See the chart Color names that clash between X11 and HTML/CSS in the X11 color names article to see those colors which are different in HTML/CSS and X11.

Dark red

Dark Red
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#`8B0000`
sRGB^B	(r, g, b)	(139, 0, 0)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(0°, 100%, 56%)
Source		X11
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the web color dark red.

Maroon in human culture

Business

Maroon is the main color of the Hollister Co. logo.
Maroon was the livery applied to coaching stock of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (1923–1947), and to much of that of British Railways in the period 1956–1965.
Maroon is a favorite epithet used by the Looney Tunes cartoon character Bugs Bunny towards another character who is particularly slow to grasp a simple concept or who is easily fooled. It is said to be a mispronunciation of the word Moron.⁴

Military

The distinctive maroon beret has been worn by airborne forces the world over since 1942.⁵

Religion

Vajrayana Buddhist monks, such as the Dalai Lama, wear maroon robes.⁶
Theravada Buddhist monks usually wear saffron robes, but may occasionally wear maroon robes.
Maroon is also worn in the Philippines by Catholic devotees of the Black Nazarene during its procession on 9 January.

Vexillology (The study of Flags)

Maroon and white are the colors of the Flag of Latvia and the Flag of Qatar.

Other

Maroon and white are the official school colors of the University of Chicago. Although the school's mascot is a phoenix, its sports teams are nicknamed "The Maroons."
Maroon is also the official color of Gamma Phi Omega International Sorority Inc.

References

^ W3C TR CSS3 Color Module, HTML4 color keywords
^ "maroon". Princeton WordNet. http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=maroon.
^ Maerz and Paul. A Dictionary of Color. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1930, Page 198; Color Sample of Maroon: Page 37, Plate 7, Color Sample L7.
^ "maroon". Urban Dictionary. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=maroon#.
^ "The Parachute Regiment "Paras"". specialoperations.com. http://www.specialoperations.com/Foreign/United_Kingdom/Paras/.
^ New York Times February 19, 2009--Tibetan Buddhist monks call for boycott of 2009 Tibetan New Year celebrations to protest casualties of 2008 Tibetan unrest (see picture of Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhist monks):

External links

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[css3-color-0] W3C TR CSS3 Color Module, HTML4 color keywords

[1] "maroon". Princeton WordNet. http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=maroon.

[2] Maerz and Paul. A Dictionary of Color. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1930, Page 198; Color Sample of Maroon: Page 37, Plate 7, Color Sample L7.

[3] "maroon". Urban Dictionary. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=maroon#.

[4] "The Parachute Regiment "Paras"". specialoperations.com. http://www.specialoperations.com/Foreign/United_Kingdom/Paras/.

[5] New York Times February 19, 2009--Tibetan Buddhist monks call for boycott of 2009 Tibetan New Year celebrations to protest casualties of 2008 Tibetan unrest (see picture of Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhist monks):

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