Burgundy is a purplish, dark-red color. The name comes from the Burgundy wine in France. The word "burgundy" is not usually capitalized.
Terms describing interchangeable shades, with overlapping RGB ranges, include claret, mulberry, deep crimson, and maroon.
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.
In cosmetology, a brighter tone of burgundy, called vivid burgundy, is used for coloring hair.
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.