The color designated as maroon in Crayola crayons since 1958 (when it was renamed from dark red) is a bright medium shade of maroon halfway between brown and rose.

Add to word list (of) a dark brown-red color: a maroon tie (Definition of maroon from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

maroon or Maroon : a Black person of the Americas who escaped slavery and formed or joined a free and often secluded settlement or a descendant of such a person

2 ENTRIES FOUND: maroon (noun) maroon (verb) 1 maroon /mə ˈ ruːn/ noun Britannica Dictionary definition of MAROON [noncount] : a dark red color — see color picture on this page

Feb 28, 2025 · Maroon is a pure red that is half shaded with black. In other words, if you mixed 50/50 red and black you'd get maroon. Maroon makes a power statement. Red is perceived as …

maroon (məˈruːn) vb (tr) 1. to leave ashore and abandon, esp on an island 2. to isolate without resources

Maroon is a brownish crimson color that takes its name from the French word marron, meaning chestnut. Marron is also one of the French translations for "brown".