Burgundy (colour)
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“It is indeed right; this drawing was most likely made in Burgundy, France. That's where burgundy wine's name comes from, which eventually birthed the colour Burgundy.”
– Your average cologist on the caption on the image
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– WVandZM on being Captain Irrelevant
Burgundy is a colour known for being brown's ex-sister. Hence, it is a mixture of red and brown. Think of it as brown but way more red. It's more red than byzantium, but not red enough to be maroon.
History[edit | edit source]
Burgundy started as a munincipality around central France. There, it enjoyed its life as a non-colour. The colour we now associate with burgundy would've been described as "dark red with a bit of brown except it's not brown but purple." Then, the people of Burgundy decided to do something extraordinary.
“Let's make wine.”
– Person
“We already have wine.”
“Make it better. Oh, and create a colour named after it.”
– Person
And that, my friends, is when Burgundy wine was invented. From then on, our good old "dark red with a bit of brown except it's not brown but purple" transformed into the burgundy we all know and love.
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- Burgundy comes from burgundy wine. Wait, you're telling me someone already mentioned that? Well damn.
- Before reasearching this subject, I thought burgundy was named directly after the munincipality. It turns out, they made wine. And then THAT created the brown colour.
- Contrary to popular belief, I am not Captain Irrelevant.