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 dark 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 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 University of Chicago. Although the school's mascot is a phoenix, its sports teams are nicknamed "The Maroons."
[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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