Maroon
| Subclass of | red, brown  |
|---|---|
| Dem name after | marron |
| SRGB color hex triplet | 800000, C32148 |
| CSS color keyword | maroon |
| Opposite of | teal |
Maroon (US: UK: /məˈruːn/ mə-ROON,[1] Australia: /məˈroʊn/ mə-ROHN[2]) be a brownish crimson color wey dey take ein name from de French word marron, wey dey mean chestnut.[3] Marron sanso be one of de French translations for "brown".
Terms wey dey describe interchangeable shades, plus overlapping RGB ranges, wey dey include burgundy, claret, mulberry, den crimson.
Different dictionaries dey define maroon differently. De Cambridge English Dictionary dey define maroon as a dark reddish-purple color while ein "American Dictionary" section dey define maroon as dark brown-red. Lexico online dictionary dey define maroon as a brownish-red.[4] Similarly, Dictionary.com dey define maroon as a dark brownish-red. De Shorter Oxford English Dictionary dey describe maroon as "a brownish-crimson anaa claret colour,"[5] while de Merriam-Webster online dictionary simply dey define am as a dark red.[6]
Insyd de sRGB color model for additive color representation, na de web color dem call maroon be created by turning down de brightness of pure red to about one half. E sanso note dat maroon be de complement of de web color dem call teal.[7]
References
- ↑ "maroon". Random House (US) and Collins (UK) dictionaries. Retrieved 28 February 2015 – via Dictionary.com.
- ↑ Australian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition (2004). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-551796-5
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- Cambridge English Dictionary (online). "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".
- ↑ "MAROON | Definition of MAROON by Oxford Dictionary on Lexico.com also meaning of MAROON". Lexico Dictionaries | English. Archived from the original on October 24, 2020.
- ↑ Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 1993 edition
- ↑ "Definition of MAROON". 8 November 2023.
- ↑ "CSS Color Module Level 3". www.w3.org (in English). Archived from the original on 2017-11-29. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
