show the difference between purple and burgundy
Burgundy and maroon are both shades of red. Burgundy is achieved by adding purple to red, while maroon is achieved by adding brown to red.
This article is about the color. For other uses, see Purple (disambiguation). 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.