Burgundy (color)
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Burgundy is a purplish, dark-red color.[1][2]
The color burgundy takes its name from the Burgundy wine in France. When referring to the color, "burgundy" is not usually capitalized.[3]
Terms describing interchangeable shades, with overlapping RGB ranges, include claret, mulberry, deep crimson, and maroon.
The color burgundy is also similar to Bordeaux (Web color code #4C1C24), Merlot (#73343A), Berry (#A01641), and Redberry (#701f28). Burgundy is made of 50% red, 0% green, and 13% blue. The CMYK percentages are 0% cyan, 100% magenta, 75% yellow, 50% black.[4][5][6]
The first recorded use of "burgundy" as a color name in English was in 1881.[7]
Variations
Vivid burgundy
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Old burgundy
Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template other The color old burgundy is a dark tone of burgundy. The first recorded use of old burgundy as a color name in English was in 1926.[9][10]
See also
- Auburn (color)
- RAL 3005 Wine red
- Wine (color)
- Wine color, various colors of wine
References
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- ↑ 1989, Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., s.v. Burgundy.
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- ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 200; Color Sample of Old Burgundy: Page 43135 Plate 56 Color Sample H9
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