At right is displayed the color claret. Claret is a representation of the average color of bordeaux wine.
Another name for this color is thus bordeaux.[3] Bordeaux however is more widely used as a color name in European languages other than English, where claret has had longer history.
The first recorded use of claret as a color name in English was in 1547.[4]
Wine dregs, or dregs of wine, is a deep tone of the color wine. It refers to the color of the lees of wine which settle at the bottom of a wine vessel. The first recorded use of wine dregs as a color name in English was in 1924.[8] This color and old gold are the official colors of the Phi Delta Chi and Delta Psi fraternities.
Burgundy is the traditional color of the Venezuela national football team. The team's nickname is La Vinotinto, which roughly translates into "The Red Wine."
Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 150--Discussion of the color bordeaux; the first use of bordeaux as a synonym for claret was sometime in the 1800s (exact year uncertain) Page 191
The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called burgundy in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color burgundy is displayed on page 135, Plate 56, Color Sample E8.
The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called wine dregs in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color wine dregs is displayed on page 37, Plate 7, Color Sample L7.