Burgundy (color)
   HOME

TheInfoList



Click Here for Items Related To - Burgundy (color)
OR:
Burgundy (color) on:   [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Amazon]

Burgundy is a purplish dark red color. The color burgundy takes its name from the
Burgundy Burgundy ( ; ; Burgundian: ''Bregogne'') is a historical territory and former administrative region and province of east-central France. The province was once home to the Dukes of Burgundy from the early 11th until the late 15th century. ...
wine Wine is an alcoholic drink made from Fermentation in winemaking, fermented fruit. Yeast in winemaking, Yeast consumes the sugar in the fruit and converts it to ethanol and carbon dioxide, releasing heat in the process. Wine is most often made f ...
in
France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
. When referring to the color, "burgundy" is not usually capitalized. Terms describing interchangeable shades, with overlapping
RGB The RGB color model is an additive color model in which the red, green, and blue primary colors of light are added together in various ways to reproduce a broad array of colors. The name of the model comes from the initials of the three ...
ranges, include claret,
mulberry ''Morus'', a genus of flowering plants in the family Moraceae, consists of 19 species of deciduous trees commonly known as mulberries, growing wild and under cultivation in many temperate world regions. Generally, the genus has 64 subordinat ...
, deep crimson, and
maroon Maroon ( , ) is a brownish crimson color that takes its name from the French word , meaning chestnut. ''Marron'' is also one of the French translations for "brown". Terms describing interchangeable shades, with overlapping RGB ranges, inc ...
. The color burgundy is also similar to Bordeaux (
Web color Web most often refers to: * Spider web, a silken structure created by the animal * World Wide Web or the Web, an Internet-based hypertext system Web, WEB, or the Web may also refer to: Computing * WEB, a literate programming system created by D ...
code #4C1C24), Merlot (#73343A), Berry (#A01641), and Redberry (#701f28). Burgundy is made of 50% red, 0% green, and 13% blue. The
CMYK The CMYK color model (also known as process color, or four color) is a subtractive color model, based on the CMY color model, used in color printing, and is also used to describe the printing process itself. The abbreviation ''CMYK'' refers ...
percentages are 0% cyan, 100% magenta, 75% yellow, 50% black. The first recorded use of "burgundy" as a color name in English was in 1881. __TOC__


Variations


Vivid burgundy

In
cosmetology Cosmetology (from Greek , ''kosmētikos'', "beautifying"; and , ''-logia'') is the study and application of beauty treatment. Branches of specialty include hairstyling, skin care, cosmetics, manicures/ pedicures, non-permanent hair removal suc ...
, a brighter tone of burgundy called vivid burgundy is used for coloring
hair Hair is a protein filament that grows from follicles found in the dermis. Hair is one of the defining characteristics of mammals. The human body, apart from areas of glabrous skin, is covered in follicles which produce thick terminal and ...
.


Old burgundy

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.


See also

* Auburn (color) * RAL 3005 Wine red *
Wine (color) The color wine, or wine red (also called bordeaux, vinous, or vinaceous), is a dark shade of red. It is a representation of the typical color of red wine. The first recorded use of ''wine'' as a color name in English was in 1705. The word '' ...
*
Wine color The color of wine is one of the most easily recognizable characteristics of wines. Color is also an element in wine tasting since heavy wines generally have a deeper color. The accessory traditionally used to judge the wine color was the tastevi ...
, various colors of wine


References


External links


Burgundy Color
{{DEFAULTSORT:Burgundy color Shades of brown Shades of red Shades of violet