Maroon
Maroon | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #800000 |
sRGBB(r,g,b) | (128, 0, 0) |
HSV(h,s,v) | (0°, 100%, 50%) |
CIELChuv(L,C,h) | (26, 86, 12°) |
Source | HTML/CSS[1] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Deep reddish brown |
B:Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H:Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) |
Maroon(US/UK/məˈruːn/mə-ROON,[2]Australia/məˈroʊn/mə-ROHN[3]) is abrownishcrimsoncolor that takes its name from theFrenchwordmarron,orchestnut.[4]"Marron" is also one of the French translations for "brown".
Terms describing interchangeable shades, with overlappingRGBranges, include burgundy, claret, mulberry and crimson.
Different dictionaries define maroon differently. TheCambridge English Dictionarydefines maroon as a dark reddish-purple color while its "American Dictionary" section defines maroon as dark brown-red.[5]Lexico online dictionary defines maroon as a brownish-red.[6]Similarly, Dictionary.com defines maroon as a dark brownish-red.[7]TheShorter Oxford English Dictionarydescribes maroon as "a brownish-crimsonorclaretcolour, "[8]while the Merriam-Webster online dictionary simply defines it as a dark red.[9]
In thesRGBcolor model foradditive colorrepresentation, theweb colorcalled maroon is created by turning down the brightness of pure red to about one half. It is also noted that maroon is the complement of the web color calledteal.[1]
Etymology
[edit]Maroonis derived fromFrenchmarron( "chestnut"),[10]itself from theItalianmarronethat means bothchestnutandbrown(but the color maroon in Italian isgranataand in French isgrenat), from the medieval Greekmaraon.[11]
The first recorded use ofmaroonas a color name in English was in 1789.[12]
In culture
[edit]- Religion
- Vajrayana Buddhistmonks,such as theDalai Lama,wear maroon robes.[13]
- Maroon, along with golden yellow, is worn in thePhilippinesbyCatholicdevotees of theBlack Nazarene,especially during its procession on 9 January.
- National symbols
- Maroon and white are the colors of theFlag of Qatar.
- Flag of Phoenix, Arizonais maroon and white.
- Maroon, gold, teal and orange are the colors of theFlag of Sri Lanka
- TheFlag of Latviahas sometimes been called maroon and white, although the officially declared colors were red and white,[a]and in 2009 were amended tocarmineand white.[16]
- Maroon was named as theofficial color of the stateofQueensland,Australia,in November 2003. While the declared shade of maroon in sRGB is R=115, G=24, B=44, Queenslanders display the spirit of the state by wearing all shades of maroon at sporting and cultural events.[17]
- Politics
- Maroon is the color of the Dutch far-right political partyForum for Democracy.
- Military
- The distinctivemaroon berethas been worn by many airborne forces around the world, starting with the BritishParachute Regiment(nicknamed the "Maroon Machine" ), in 1942.[18]It is sometimes referred to as the "red beret."
- Historically maroon was the distinguishing color of theCaçadores(rifle) regiments of the Portuguese Army.
- Business
- Maroon is the signature color of the Japanese private rail company,Hankyu Railway,decided by a vote of women customers in 1923.[19]In the 1990s, Hankyu planned an alternative color as it was developing new vehicles. That plan was called off following opposition by local residents
- Music
- School colors
Many universities, colleges, high schools and other educational institutions have maroon as one of theirschool colors.Popular combinations include maroon and white, maroon and grey, maroon and gold, and maroon and blue.
- Maroon and White are the official school colors ofTexas A&M University.[20]
- Maroon and Gold are the official school colors ofTexas State University[21]
- Maroon and Gold are the official school colors ofBoston College.[21]
- Maroon and Gold are the official school colors of theUniversity of Minnesota.[22][23][24]
- Maroon and Gold are the official school colors of theCentral Michigan University.
- Maroon and Gold are the official school colors ofShimer College,[25]representingMount Carroll Seminary.[26]
- Maroon is the official school color of theUniversity of Chicago.The school also employs light and dark gray in its official primary color palette.[27]
- Maroon and White are the official school colors ofLower Merion High School.[28]
- Maroon and White are the official school colors ofMississippi State University[29]and the name of the university's alma mater.[30]
- Maroon and White are the official school colors ofColgate University.[31]
- Maroon and White are the official school colors ofMissouri State University.[32]
- Maroon and White are the official school colors ofLittlefield High School[33]
- Maroon and White are the official school colors ofSouthern Illinois University Carbondale.[34]
- Maroon and White are the official school colors ofUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst
- Maroon and Gold are the official school colors ofArizona State Universityand the name of the university's fight song.
- Maroon and Black are the official school colors ofCumberland University.
- Maroon and Orange are the official school colors ofVirginia Tech.[35]
- Maroon and Orange are the official school colors ofCrooms Academy of Information Technology.[36]
- Maroon and Gold are the official colors ofElon University.
- Maroon and Blue are the official colors ofPort Rex Technical High Schoolin South Africa.
- Maroon and Forest Green are the primary and complementary institutional colors of theUniversity of the Philippines System.[37]
- Maroon and Gold are the school colors of theUniversity of Perpetual Help System DALTAin the Philippines
- Sports
Sports teams often use maroon as one of their identifying colors, as a result, many have received the nickname "Maroons."
- The University ofChicago Maroonshave used the nickname (and the corresponding color) since a vote came at a meeting of students and faculty on May 5, 1894.[38]
- The University of the PhilippinesFighting Maroonscompetes in theUniversity Athletic Association of the Philippinesand is based in theirDiliman Campus.The moniker has been associated with their teams since the 1930s, except for a brief period in the 1960s when they were known as the Parrots.[39]
- TheUniversity of Perpetual Help Altas,playing in theNational Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines)use the color as their primary uniform,[40]derived from their school colors.[41]
- Heart of Midlothian F.C.have played in predominantly maroon colours since 1877, although they had maroon badge and trimmings in their first kit from their formation in 1874.[42]
- Official colour of Italian association football teamTorino F.C.Club's fans are known asI Granata(the Maroons in italian).
- Official colour of Argentina's association football teamClub Atlético Lanús(Los Granates).
- Maroons was the official nickname of the athletic teams representing Mississippi State College, now Mississippi State University from 1932 until 1961 when it was officially changed to the Bulldogs. Bulldogs had been used as an unofficial nickname as far back as 1905.[43]
- Maroons is also the common nickname for theQueensland Rugby League teamwhen it plays against the Blues (the New South Welshmen) in an annual competition of three games known as theState of Origin seriesin Australia.
- West Indies cricket teamwears all maroon clothing inlimited-overs cricketwhilst inTest cricket,they wear marooncricket caps.
- GalwayandWestmeathwears primarily maroon clothing when playing homeGaelic Athletic Associationmatches.
- In North American thoroughbredhorse racing,the number 14 horse uses a maroon saddle cloth with the number in yellow.
- Inpool,the color of the 7 and 15billiard ballsare traditionally maroon.
Commercial variations of maroon
[edit]Maroon (Crayola)
[edit]Maroon (Crayola) | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #C32148 |
sRGBB(r,g,b) | (195, 33, 72) |
HSV(h,s,v) | (346°, 83%, 76%) |
CIELChuv(L,C,h) | (43, 112, 5°) |
Source | Crayola |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Vivid red |
B:Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
The color designated asmarooninCrayolacrayons since 1958 (when it was renamed fromdark red) is a bright medium shade of maroon halfway between brown androse.
Rich maroon (maroon (X11))
[edit]Rich maroon [ maroon (X11) ] | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #B03060 |
sRGBB(r,g,b) | (176, 48, 96) |
HSV(h,s,v) | (338°, 73%, 69%) |
CIELChuv(L,C,h) | (42, 82, 355°) |
Source | X11 color names#Color name clashes |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Strong red |
B:Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
Displayed in the adjacent table is the colorrich maroon,i.e.maroonas defined in theX11 color names,which is much brighter and more toned towardrosethan the HTML/CSS maroon shown above.
See the chartColor name clashesin the X11 color names article to see those colors that are different in HTML/CSS and X11.
Mystic maroon
[edit]Mystic Maroon | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #AD4379 |
sRGBB(r,g,b) | (173, 67, 121) |
HSV(h,s,v) | (329°, 61%, 68%) |
CIELChuv(L,C,h) | (45, 66, 343°) |
Source | Crayola |
B:Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
Displayed at right is the colormystic maroon,one of the colors in the special set of metallic Crayola crayons called Silver Swirls, the colors of which were formulated by Crayola in 1990.
Although this is supposed to be ametallic color,there is no mechanism for displaying metallic colors on a computer.
Dark red
[edit]Dark Red | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #8B0000 |
sRGBB(r,g,b) | (139, 0, 0) |
HSV(h,s,v) | (0°, 100%, 55%) |
CIELChuv(L,C,h) | (28, 94, 12°) |
Source | X11 |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Strong reddish brown |
B:Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
Displayed in the adjacent table is theweb colordark red.
UP Maroon
[edit]UP Maroon | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #8a1538 |
sRGBB(r,g,b) | (138, 21, 56) |
HSV(h,s,v) | (342°, 85%, 54%) |
CIELChuv(L,C,h) | (30, 75, 2°) |
Source | [Unsourced] |
B:Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
UP Maroon is the shade used by theUniversity of the Philippinesas its primary color.
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
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- ^Cambridge English Dictionary on-line; "maroon is red!!!";Webster's New World Dictionary of American English,3rd College Edition, (1988). "A dark brown".Random House College Dictionary(1975), "a dark brownish".
- ^Cambridge English Dictionary on-line
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- ^Shorter Oxford English Dictionary,1993 edition
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- ^Wong, Edward (February 18, 2009)."China Adds to Security Forces in Tibet Amid Calls for a Boycott".The New York Times.
- ^"Par Latvijas valsts karogu"[About the national flag of Latvia] (in Latvian). The Saeima (legislature) of Latvia. 1994. Archived fromthe originalon 2 March 2009.
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- ^ISD, Littlefield (2023-08-29)."Littlefield ISD".www.lfdisd.org.Retrieved2023-08-29.
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External links
[edit]- The dictionary definition ofmaroonat Wiktionary
- Media related toMaroon (color)at Wikimedia Commons