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.”
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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.”
“We already have wine.”
“Make it better. Oh, and create a colour named after it.”
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.
