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Maroon (US & UK ,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/maroon )〕 Australia 〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Say 'maroon' or 'maroan', just not Maroon 5 )〕) is a dark brownish red 〔"dark brownish red" - ''Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language'', College Edition, World Publishing Company, (1964)〕 which takes its name from the French word ''marron'', or chestnut.〔''Webster's New World Dictionary of American English'', 3rd College Edition, (1988). "A dark brown." ''Random House College Dictionary'' (1975), "a dark brownish."〕 The Oxford English Dictionary describes it as "a brownish crimson or claret color."〔''Shorter Oxford English Dictionary'', 5th edition, 1973.〕 In the RGB model used to create colors on computer screens and televisions, maroon is created by turning down the brightness of pure red to about one fifth. == Etymology == ''Maroon'' is derived from French ''marron'' ("chestnut"),〔(【引用サイトリンク】 maroon )〕 itself from the Italian ''marrone'', from the medieval Greek ''maraon''.〔Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th Edition (1973).〕 The first recorded use of ''maroon'' as a color name in English was in 1789.〔Maerz and Paul. ''A Dictionary of Color''. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1930, Page 198; Color Sample of Maroon: Page 37, Plate 7, Color Sample L7〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Maroon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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