Maroon (color)

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Maroon
— Color coordinates —
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)

Maroon is a dark brownish-red color.

Contents 1 Etymology 2 Shades 2.1 Dark red 2.2 Rich Maroon (Maroon (X11)) 2.3 Bright Maroon 3 Maroon in human culture 4 See also 5 References

[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] Shades

Dark red
— Color coordinates —
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)

[edit] Dark red

Displayed at right is the web color dark red.

Rich Maroon
— Color coordinates —
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)

[edit] 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 shaded 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.

Bright Maroon
— Color coordinates —
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)

[edit] Bright Maroon

At right is displayed the color bright maroon, i.e., the color that was designated as maroon in Crayola crayons beginning in 1949. It is a medium shade of maroon halfway between red and rose.

[edit] Maroon in human culture

Ethnography

• Maroons are the descendants of runaway slaves in the Americas.

Fraternities

• Maroon is the official color of Phi Rho Eta.^[4]

Military

• The maroon beret is the international symbol of elite airborne forces.

Music

• Maroon is a 2000 album by Barenaked Ladies.
• Maroon is a 2001 album by The Webb Brothers.
• Maroon is a German vegan and straight edge band.
• Maroon 5 is a United States pop band.
• The Maroons are a group from Oakland, California (Lateef & Chief Xcel).
• The Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps is a marching music ensemble with the colors of Maroon and Gold.

Religion

• Vajrayana Buddhist monks, such as the Dalai Lama, wear maroon robes.
• Theravada Buddhist monks usually wear saffron robes, but may occasionally wear maroon robes.

Sports

• Maroon is the color of Heart of Midlothian F.C.; a Scottish professional football club based in Edinburgh.
• Maroon is one of the school colors of the University of Chicago. Its sports teams are called the "Maroons".
• Maroon and white are also the traditional colors of County Galway, Ireland, and are used by teams representing that County in GAA or other sporting organization matches.
• Maroon is the color of the Queensland state rugby league team. It also forms part of the colors of the Brisbane Broncos National Rugby League team. Maroon was officially proclaimed as Queensland's State color in 2003, giving effect to the tradition of using maroon to represent Queensland, in particular for sporting teams.^[5]
• Montreal Maroons were a professional hockey club in Canada.
• Maroon is an official color of many NCAA universities including Arizona State University, Bethune-Cookman University, Texas State University, Mississippi State University, Southern Illinois University, Virginia Tech, University of Minnesota, Fordham University, Texas A&M University, and Boston College.
• Maroon is the official color of A.S. Roma; an Italian professional soccer club from Rome.
• Maroon is the color of the Forest Lake Rangers.

Vexillology (The study of Flags)

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

[edit] See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Maroon (color)

• List of colors

[edit] References

v • d • e Web colors
black	gray	silver	white	maroon	red	purple	fuchsia	green	lime	olive	yellow	navy	blue	teal	aqua

v • d • e Shades of red
Alizarin	Amaranth	Burgundy	Cardinal	Carmine	Carnelian	Cerise	Chestnut	Coral red	Crimson
Dark pink	Falu red	Fire engine red	Fuchsia	Magenta	Maroon	Mauve taupe	Orange-red	Persian red	Pink
Persimmon	Red	Red-violet	Rose	Rose madder	Ruby	Rust	Puce	Sangria	Scarlet
Terra cotta	Venetian red	Vermilion
The samples shown above are representative only.

v • d • e Shades of brown
Auburn	Beige	Bistre	Bole	Bronze	Brown	Buff	Raw umber	Burnt sienna	Burnt umber
Chocolate	Copper	Cordovan	Desert sand	Ecru	Fallow	Khaki	Liver	Mahogany	Ochre
Wheat	Russet	Rust	Sandy brown	Seal brown	Sepia	Sienna	Tan	Taupe
The samples shown above are representative only.