Talk:Maroon

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More reddish tint

maroon has a more reddish tint, while burgandy is a deeper, leaning towards purple color. JIll and Brenton, YOU'RE BOTH WRONG. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.235.136.91 (talk) 07:17, 24 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Bugs Bunny & "maroon"

The following sentence was added at the very top of the "Uses" section:

For clarification purposes, the term "maroon" as used by Bugs Bunny was not referring to the color maroon, but rather, was Bugs pronunciation of the word "moron."

This sentence did not seem to merit such a prominent placement, so I deleted it. Alki 22:07, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Lake Worth High School

Lake Worth High School is listed under the section which says "colleges and universities with maroon as a school color". Dlkcsmith 22:55, 17 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Maroon

Maroon is brownish-red, not red-violet. Just look at the word "marron", Spanish for brown. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.214.175.60 (talk) 23:57, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Maroon School colors

Why does it talk about the Scorpio color under "School colors?" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.194.56.242 (talk) 18:46, 18 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

At Mississippi State University we use a RGB value 66,0,0 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.18.136.131 (talk) 20:41, 26 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

As Bugs Bunny would say..."What a bunch of Maroon's." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.174.194.2 (talk) 15:31, 27 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sports

The section on Sports needs to be organized, perhaps by professional leagues, colleges and universities, and high schools (secondary schools). Examples of better organization abound in Wikipedia (cf. Vikings, Bulldogs, etc.). PlaysInPeoria (talk) 23:55, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

US English?

Webster's doesn't mention the color - is this meaning of maroon not used in American English? --Chriswaterguy talk 05:28, 24 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That's just a very flaky dictionary. Dicklyon (talk) 06:16, 24 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It's definition three. On a side note, this is pronounced mah-rone in some parts of Australia, for some reason. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.113.233.113 (talk) 03:18, 23 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Infoboxes

What the heck is up with these? 75.65.162.243 (talk) 03:56, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Rich and deep?

What does it mean that a colour is rich and deep? --Oddeivind (talk) 09:49, 24 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sports colors and school colors

Please do not list school or sport team's colors unless a citation to an independent reliable source is provided. --Bejnar (talk) 19:09, 25 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Australian Pronunciation

The citation article for Australians pronouncing the word maroon differently is straight up just a random user-submitted opinion piece of a person saying "my mates told me it was pronounced this way, swear on me mum". As a Perth-based Australian myself, where the writer of that article claims to have been at the time, I have never heard this supposed alternate pronunciation used, and I would suggest that the claim be removed from the article unless a more credible source to cite can be provided.203.63.139.148 (talk) 17:38, 3 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Here you are mate: https://www.macquariedictionary.com.au/resources/aus/word/map/search/word/maroon/Adelaide%20Region/ 2A00:23C5:E0B:4B00:58C4:D7AF:706:F686 (talk) 15:48, 11 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Possible removal from list

An entry in List of colors: A–F contained a link to this page.

The entry is :

Deep maroon

I don't see any evidence that this color is discussed in this article and plan to delete it from the list per this discussion: Talk:List_of_colors#New_approach_to_review_of_entries

If someone decides that this color should have a section in this article and it is added, I would appreciate a ping.--S Philbrick (Talk) 17:08, 18 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

"Brick red" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Brick red has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 August 27 § Brick red until a consensus is reached. Widefox; talk 12:39, 27 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]