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h= 0|s=100|v= 50 |source= Web colors#HTML color names|HTML/CSS http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-color/#html4 W3C TR CSS3 Color Module, HTML4 color keywords Maroon is a bright, rich, deep, or dark red color, depending on which tone of maroon is in question; could be purplish in color.
Etymology
Maroon is derived from French marron (" chestnut ").cite web | url = http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn? s=maroon | title = maroon | work = Princeton WordNet
The first recorded use of maroon as a color name in English was in 1789.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.
Variations of maroon
Bright maroon
infobox color|textcolor=white|title=Maroon (Crayola)| hex=C32148| r=195|g= 33|b=72| c= |m= |y= |k= | h= 345|s= 75|v= 38 |source= List of Crayola crayon colors|Crayola At right is displayed the bright tone of maroon that was designated as maroon in Crayola crayons beginning in 1949. It is a bright medium shade of maroon halfway between red and Rose (color)|rose . The color halfway between red and rose is Crimson (color)|crimson , so this color is also a tone of crimson. clear
Rich maroon (maroon (X11))
infobox color|textcolor=white|title=Maroon (X11)| hex=B03060| r=176|g= 48|b=96| c= |m= |y= |k= | h=333|s= 65|v= 42 |source= X11 color names#Color names that clash between X11 and HTML/CSS|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 toned toward Rose (color)|rose than the HTML/CSS maroon shown above.
See the chart X11 color names#Color names that clash between X11 and HTML/CSS|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. clear
Dark red
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h= 0|s=100|v= 56 |source= Web colors#X11 color names|X11 Displayed at right is the web color dark red . clear
Maroon in human culture
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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 (psychology)|Moron .cite web | url = http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php? term=maroon# | title = maroon | work = Urban Dictionary
Business
Maroon is the main color of the Hollister Co. logo.
Maroon was the livery applied to Passenger car (rail)|coaching stock of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (1923–1947), and to much of that of British Rail ways in the period 1956–1965.
Maroon is also being the helitage color of Japanese Private Rail, Hankyu Railway since 1910, the company started. In 1990s, Hankyu planned alternative color as developing new vehicles, but it called off of opposition by local residents.
Military
The distinctive maroon beret has been worn by airborne forces the world over since 1942.cite web | url = http://www.specialoperations.com/Foreign/United_Kingdom/Paras/ |title= The Parachute Regiment "Paras" |work= specialoperations.com
Music
Maroon 5 is a rock group.
Religion
Vajrayana Buddhism|Vajrayana Buddhist Buddhist monks|monks , such as the Dalai Lama , wear maroon robes. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/19/world/asia/19tibet.html? th& emc=th 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):
Theravada Buddhism|Theravada Buddhist monks usually wear Saffron (color)|saffron robes, but may occasionally wear maroon robes.
Maroon is also worn in the Philippines by Roman Catholicism|Catholic devotees of the Black Nazarene during its procession on 9 January.
School colors
Maroon and white are the official school colors of Alabama A& M University .
Maroon and white are the official school colors of Mississippi State University .
Maroon and white are the official school colors of the College of Charleston .
Maroon and white are the official school colors of Morehouse College .
Maroon and white are the official school colors of The University of Chicago
Maroon and gold are the official school colors of the University of Minnesota .
Maroon and white are the official school colors of Texas A& M University .
Maroon and gold are the official school colors of Boston College .
Maroon is also the official color of Gamma Phi Omega International Sorority Inc.
Maroon (alongside with green) is the official color of the University of the Philippines .
Vexillology (The study of Flags )
Maroon and white are the colors of the Flag of Latvia and the Flag of Qatar .
See also
List of colors
References
reflist
External links
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