Maroon
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Maroon is a deep shade of brown. More notably, it is also a deep shade of red. It's almost like...
...it's both.
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Oh great. It's you again. Let me guess. You want to know the origin of maroon and the fact that people call it brown.
"Uh...-"
Maroon's origins come from Medieval Greece. In classic Italian fashion, they steal the name for use in the Latin script. Then the French did an Italy on Italy and made the word "marron." Guess what! This translates to "brown" in modern English!
"Wait, so Maroon is actually Brown!?"
Basically, yes. Among Us got it all wrong by depicting Maroon as a shade of deep pink. This makes sense, as they make pink look like magenta. Now can you leave?
"I got one question left: Why did they make Maroon a dark red? In fact, it's red with a value of exactly 50!"
You see, there's this thing called a "red-brown." The web colours for brown and of course maroon are both red-browns. This makes little sense, as brown is usally defined as "dark orange," so a good red-brown would probably have a hue between red and orange. Coral is not a red-brown because even though it's between red and orange with its hue, it lacks one major property; the DARK of DARK orange. On the other hand, Auburn hair is a good red-brown, as it is dark and has a hue between red and orange.
"Damn, did you have to pull out that nerd emoji in you?"
...Let's just move on.
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Maroon is not just any web colour. It's one of the 16 main web colours! The others are red, yellow, lime, cyan, blue, magenta, olive, green, teal, navy, purple, white, silver, græy, and black. This means it is very common relative to other colours like peru. Have you heard of marble racing? Maroon is a common occurrence for larger cast sizes.
