Rohrer & Klingner Kastanienbraun (Maroon)

[penzel_washinkton]

Rohrer & Klingner is continuing their Limited Edition yearly inks after the Aubergine last year.

This year it is labelled "R & K Kastanienbraun" or Maroon.

 

https://www.rohrer-klingner.de/?page_id=1056&lang=en

 

Looks more brownish and not maroon to me though...

[Biber]

That would be chestnut brown, not maroon. Hence the chestnuts next to the bottle in the image.

Edited November 19, 2019 by Biber

[penzel_washinkton]

The chestnut picture is indicative of the of the color but again R&K themselves are the ones calling it Maroon.

Not sure if Maroon as a word has different meaning in German.

[mannschott]

The chestnut picture is indicative of the of the color but again R&K themselves are the ones calling it Maroon.

Not sure if Maroon as a word has different meaning in German.

 

 

Yea, I think they've stumbled over a "false friend". The German word for (edible) Chestnut is "Marone", which is very similar to the English word Maroon and comes from the same root (Marron, from French). See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maroon

[AidenMark]

Just placed my order.

[penzel_washinkton]

 

 

Yea, I think they've stumbled over a "false friend". The German word for (edible) Chestnut is "Marone", which is very similar to the English word Maroon and comes from the same root (Marron, from French). See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maroon

 

Ah now this makes sense, something feels off when they called it Maroon.

Thanks for pointing it out.

Edited November 19, 2019 by penzel_washinkton

[rudyhou]

in japan, chestnuts are called 'maroon'. so 'maroon' ink color to me is the color of chestnut's skin, which is reddish brown.

[Biber]

This has been such a fascinating topic (perhaps unintentionally so). I never would have thought of maroon as a shade of brown, yet it would seem that others would never have thought it a shade of red.