Real Dictionary

maroon
colour: Something that is maroon is dark reddish-purple in colour.

maroon in American English 1
in the South, to camp out or picnic for several days
in the West Indies and Suriname,
to put (a person) ashore in some desolate place, as a desert island, and abandon that person there, as pirates or mutineers sometimes did
adjective: dark brownish-red

maroon in American English 2
dark brownish red
noun: any of a group of Black people, descended from fugitives from slavery in the 17th and 18th centuries, living in the West Indies and Guiana, esp. in mountainous areas
transitive verb: to put ashore and abandon on a desolate island or coast by way of punishment or the like, as was done by buccaneers

maroon in British English 1
to leave ashore and abandon, esp on an island
noun: a descendant of a group of runaway slaves living in the remoter areas of the Caribbean or Guyana

maroon in British English 2
noun: a dark red to purplish-red colour