Maroon (color)
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| Maroon | ||
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— Color coordinates — |
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| Hex triplet | #800000 | |
| sRGBB | (r, g, b) | (128, 0, 0) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (0°, 100%, 50%) |
| Source | HTML/CSS[1] | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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Maroon is a rich, deep red color.
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[edit] Etymology
Maroon is derived from French marron ("chestnut").[2]
The first recorded use of maroon as a color name in English was in 1789.[3]
[edit] Variations of maroon
[edit] Maroon (Crayola)
| Maroon | ||
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— Color coordinates — |
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| Hex triplet | #C32148 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (195, 33, 72) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (345°, 75%, 38%) |
| Source | Crayola | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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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.
[edit] Rich maroon (maroon (X11))
| Rich Maroon | ||
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— Color coordinates — |
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| Hex triplet | #B03060 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (176, 48, 96) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (333°, 65%, 42%) |
| Source | X11 | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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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.
[edit] Dark red
| Dark Red | ||
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— Color coordinates — |
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| Hex triplet | #8B0000 | |
| sRGBB | (r, g, b) | (139, 0, 0) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (0°, 100%, 56%) |
| Source | X11 | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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Displayed at right is the web color dark red.
[edit] Maroon in human culture
- 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 also being the helitage color of Japanese Private Rail, Hankyu Railway since 1910, the company started. In 1990s, Hankyu planned alternative color as developing new vehicles, but it called off of opposition by local residents.
- 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]
- The distinctive maroon beret has been worn by airborne forces the world over since 1942.[5]
- 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 College of Charleston.
- Maroon and white are the official school colors of Texas A&M University.
- Maroon is also the official color of Gamma Phi Omega International Sorority Inc.
[edit] See also
[edit] 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):
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