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 red color.

Contents 1 Etymology 2 Shades 2.1 Dark red 2.2 Rich Maroon (Maroon (X11)) 2.3 Bright Maroon 2.4 UP 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

[edit] Dark red

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)

Displayed at right is the web color dark red.

[edit] Rich Maroon (Maroon (X11))

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)

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 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.

[edit] Bright Maroon

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)

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] UP Maroon

UP Maroon
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#7B1113
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(123, 17, 19)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(359°, 86%, 48%)
Source		UP Brandbook
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At the right is one of the official colors used by the University of the Philippines, designated as UP Maroon. It is based on the approved color specifications to be used for the seal of the university.^[4]

[edit] Maroon in human culture

Military

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

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 and County Westmeath, Ireland, and are used by teams representing those counties 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, College of Charleston, Bethune-Cookman University, Texas State University, Mississippi State University, Southern Illinois University, Virginia Tech, Lafayette College, University of Minnesota, Fordham University, Texas A&M University,Central Michigan University,Boston College and Morehouse College.
• Maroon is the official color of A.S. Roma; an Italian professional soccer club from Rome.
• Maroon is the color of the Club Atlético Lanús, a football club from Lanús, Argentina.

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	Burnt sienna	Burgundy	Cardinal	Carmine	Carnelian	Cerise	Chestnut	Coquelicot
Coral red	Crimson	Dark pink	Falu red	Fire engine red	Flame	Fuchsia	Lava	Magenta	Maroon
Mauve	Mauve taupe	Orange-red	OU Crimson Red	Persian red	Persimmon	Pink	Puce	Raspberry	Red
Red-violet	Rose	Rose madder	Rosso corsa	Ruby	Rufous	Rust	Sangria	Scarlet	Terra cotta
Tuscan red	Upsdell red	Venetian red	Vermilion
The samples shown above are representative only.

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