Main Difference
The main difference between Purple and Maroon is that the Purple is a range of colors with the hues between blue and red and Maroon is a color.
Purple
Purple is a color intermediate between blue and red. It is similar to violet, but unlike violet, which is a spectral color with its own wavelength on the visible spectrum of light, purple is a composite color made by combining red and blue. According to surveys in Europe and the U.S., purple is the color most often associated with royalty, magic, mystery, and piety. When combined with pink, it is associated with eroticism, femininity, and seduction.Purple was the color worn by Roman magistrates; it became the imperial color worn by the rulers of the Byzantine Empire and the Holy Roman Empire, and later by Roman Catholic bishops. Similarly in Japan, the color is traditionally associated with the Emperor and aristocracy. The complementary color of purple is yellow.
Maroon
Maroon (US & UK mə-ROON, Australia mə-ROHN) 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. Maroon is the complement of teal.
Purple (noun)
A colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue; dark magenta.
“color panel|800080”
Purple (noun)
Cloth, or a garment, dyed a purple colour; especially, a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority; specifically, the purple robe or mantle worn by Ancient Roman emperors as the emblem of imperial dignity.
“to put on the imperial purple”
Purple (noun)
Imperial power, because the colour purple was worn by emperors and kings.
Purple (noun)
Any of various species of mollusks from which Tyrian purple dye was obtained, especially the common dog whelk.
Purple (noun)
The purple haze cultivar of cannabis in the kush family, either pure or mixed with others, or by extension any variety of smoked marijuana.
Purple (noun)
Purpura.
Purple (noun)
Earcockle, a disease of wheat.
Purple (noun)
Any of the species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus ver=170608 (formerly ver=170608).
“the banded purple”
Purple (noun)
A cardinalate.
Purple (adjective)
Having a colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue.
Purple (adjective)
Not predominantly red or blue, but having a mixture of Democrat and Republican support, as in purple state, purple city.
Purple (adjective)
Mixed between social democrats and liberals.
Purple (adjective)
Imperial; regal.
Purple (adjective)
Blood-red; bloody.
Purple (adjective)
Extravagantly ornate, like purple prose.
Purple (verb)
To turn purple in colour.
Purple (verb)
To dye purple.
Purple (verb)
To clothe in purple.
Maroon (noun)
An escaped negro slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of escaped slaves. from 17th c.
Maroon (noun)
A castaway; a person who has been marooned. from 19th c.
Maroon (noun)
A dark red, somewhat brownish, color.
“color panel|800000”
Maroon (noun)
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).
Maroon (noun)
An idiot; a fool.
Maroon (adjective)
Associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples.
Maroon (adjective)
Of a maroon color
Maroon (verb)
To abandon in a remote, desolate place, as on a deserted island.
Purple (noun)
a colour intermediate between red and blue
“the painting was mostly in shades of blue and purple”
Purple (noun)
purple clothing or material.
Purple (noun)
a crimson dye obtained from some molluscs, formerly used for fabric worn by an emperor or senior magistrate in ancient Rome or Byzantium.
Purple (noun)
(in ancient Rome or Byzantium) clothing made from fabric dyed with Tyrian purple.
Purple (noun)
(in ancient Rome) a position of rank, authority, or privilege
“he was too young to assume the purple”
Purple (noun)
the scarlet official dress of a cardinal.
Purple (adjective)
of a colour intermediate between red and blue
“a faded purple T-shirt”
Purple (verb)
make or become purple in colour
“Edmund’s cheeks purpled”
“the neon was purpling the horizon above the highway”
Maroon (adjective)
of a brownish-red colour
“ornate maroon and gold wallpaper”
Maroon (noun)
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.
Maroon (verb)
leave (someone) trapped and alone in an inaccessible place, especially an island
“a novel about schoolboys marooned on a desert island”