Burgundy (color)
Purplish, dark-red color
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Terms describing akin shades, with overlapping RGB ranges, include wine red, crimson, maroon and mulberry. The color burgundy is also 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, and 50% black.
The first recorded use of "burgundy" as a color name in English was in 1881.
Variations
Vivid burgundy
In cosmetology, a brighter tone of burgundy, called vivid burgundy, is used for coloring hair.
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.
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