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 …

Regarded as one of the more distinct colors, maroon boasts an incredibly strong personality. Gentle, ambitious, and inspiring are among its favorable traits, but maroon has flaws as well.

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