Oxblood vs. Maroon — What's the Difference?

Oxblood or ox-blood, also known as temptress, is a color that is a dark shade of red. It resembles burgundy, but has less purple and more dark brown hues.

Maroon (US/UK mə-ROON, Australia mə-ROHN) is a brownish crimson color that takes its name from the French word marron, or chestnut. "Marron" is also one of the French translations for "brown".

The blood of an ox.

Of a brownish-red colour

A deep red, tinged with brown, resembling the colour of oxblood.

A member of any of various communities in parts of the Caribbean who were originally descended from escaped slaves. In the 18th century Jamaican Maroons fought two wars against the British, both of which ended with treaties affirming the independence of the Maroons.

Of the colour of oxblood; specifically of a deep red colour tinged with brown.

Leave (someone) trapped and alone in an inaccessible place, especially an island

A dark brownish-red colour.

To put ashore on a deserted island or coast and intentionally abandon.

The blood of an ox.

To abandon or isolate with little hope of ready rescue or escape

Of a dark brownish-red colour.

A fugitive black slave in the West Indies in the 1600s and 1700s.

A descendant of such a slave.

A person who is marooned, as on an island.

A dark reddish brown to dark purplish red.

An escaped negro of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of such a person.

A castaway; a person who has been marooned.

A rich dark red, somewhat brownish, color.

(nautical) A rocket-propelled firework or skyrocket, often one used as a signal (e.g. to summon the crew of a lifeboat or warn of an air raid).

An idiot; a fool.

Associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples.

Of a maroon color

To abandon in a remote, desolate place, as on a desert island.

In the West Indies and Guiana, a fugitive slave, or a free negro, living in the mountains.

A brownish or dull red of any description, esp. of a scarlet cast rather than approaching crimson or purple.

An explosive shell. See Marron, 3.

To put (a person) ashore on a desolate island or coast and leave him to his fate.

Having the color called maroon. See 4th Maroon.

A person who is stranded (as on an island);

A dark purplish red to dark brownish red

An exploding firework used as a warning signal

Leave stranded or isolated withe little hope og rescue;

Leave stranded on a desert island without resources;

Dark brownish to purplish red