Scarlet vs. Maroon
Scarletnoun
A bright red, slightly orange colour.
Scarletnoun
Cloth of a scarlet color.
Scarletadjective
Of a bright red colour.
Scarletadjective
Sinful or whorish.
Scarletverb
To dye or tinge with scarlet.
Scarletnoun
A deep bright red tinged with orange or yellow, - of many tints and shades; a vivid or bright red color.
Scarletnoun
Cloth of a scarlet color.
Scarletadjective
Of the color called scarlet; as, a scarlet cloth or thread.
Scarletverb
To dye or tinge with scarlet.
Scarletnoun
a variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge
Scarletadjective
having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
Scarletadjective
of a brilliant red colour
Scarletnoun
a brilliant red colour
Scarletnoun
scarlet clothes or material
Maroonnoun
An escaped negro slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of escaped slaves.
Maroonnoun
A castaway; a person who has been marooned.
Maroonnoun
A dark red, somewhat brownish, color.
Maroonnoun
(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).
Maroonnoun
An idiot; a fool.
Maroonadjective
Associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples.
Maroonadjective
Of a maroon color
Maroonverb
To abandon in a remote, desolate place, as on a deserted island.
Maroonnoun
In the West Indies and Guiana, a fugitive slave, or a free negro, living in the mountains.
Maroonnoun
A brownish or dull red of any description, esp. of a scarlet cast rather than approaching crimson or purple.
Maroonnoun
An explosive shell. See Marron, 3.
Maroonverb
To put (a person) ashore on a desolate island or coast and leave him to his fate.
Maroonadjective
Having the color called maroon. See 4th Maroon.
Maroonnoun
a person who is stranded (as on an island);
Maroonnoun
a dark purplish red to dark brownish red
Maroonnoun
an exploding firework used as a warning signal
Maroonverb
leave stranded or isolated withe little hope og rescue;
Maroonverb
leave stranded on a desert island without resources;
Maroonadjective
dark brownish to purplish red
Maroonadjective
of a brownish-red colour
Maroonnoun
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.
Maroonverb
leave (someone) trapped and alone in an inaccessible place, especially an island
Maroon
Maroon (US/UK mə-ROON, Australia mə-ROHN) is a brownish crimson color that takes its name from the French word marron, or chestnut. is also one of the French translations for .
