It has been a tale of a friendship forged under the most unlikely of circumstances. African-American Jesse Owens and Aryan poster boy Luz Long went face to face when Nazi Germany hosted the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin -- and allegedly became fast friends.
The bright red color of love known as crimson comes from an insect. Answer: The color crimson is a bright red with a tinge of blue. It's often considered the color of fresh blood (blood red). Dark crimson is close to maroon. Some shades of crimson and colors in the crimson range: 1  Crimson (Web color) | Hex #DC143C | RGB 220,20,60 | CMYK 0,200,160,34. 2  Alizarin crimson | Hex #E32636 | RGB 227,38,54.
For other uses, see Maroon (disambiguation). Maroon (US & UK /mÉËruËn/ mÉ-ROON, Australia /mÉËroÊn/ mÉ-RONE) is a dark brownish red color which takes its name from the French word marron, or chestnut. The Oxford English Dictionary describes it as a brownish crimson or claret color.. 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 half.