Burgundy (color)

For other uses, see Burgundy (disambiguation).
"Wine red" redirects here. For the RAL color, see Wine red (RAL).
Burgundy
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#800020
sRGBB (r, g, b)(128, 0, 32)
HSV (h, s, v)(345°, 100%, 50%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(26, 79, 7°)
Source[1][2][3]
ISCC–NBS descriptorPurplish red (pR)
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Burgundy is a purplish red.[4][5]

European Union passports are usually burgundy in color

The color burgundy takes its name from the Burgundy wine in France. When referring to the color, "burgundy" is not usually capitalized.[6]

The color burgundy is similar to Bordeaux (Web color code #4C1C24), Merlot (#73343A), Berry (#A01641), and Redberry (#701f28). Burgundy is made of 50% red, 0% green, and 13% blue. The CMYK percentages are 0% cyan, 100% magenta, 75% yellow, 50% black.[7][8][9]

The first recorded use of "burgundy" as a color name in English was in 1881.[10]

  1. ^ "Color Burgundy - Hex Code #800020 - RGB 128, 0, 32". 99colors.net. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  2. ^ Maerz and Paul
  3. ^ The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called burgundy in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color burgundy is displayed on page 135, Plate 56, Color Sample E8.
  4. ^ "Definition of BURGUNDY". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  5. ^ "How To Make Maroon, Burgundy, And Other Deep Red Colored Icing and Frosting". Lila Loa. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  6. ^ "Burgundy". Dictionary.com. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
  7. ^ "Guide to Burgundy | PicMonkey Guide to Color". Archived from the original on 2021-05-06.
  8. ^ "Guide to Burgundy".
  9. ^ "Colors - Resene".
  10. ^ 1989, Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., s.v. Burgundy.