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by techsupporter 3629 days ago
> European nations prefer burgundy

Minor bit of trivia: European Union countries[0], with a few exceptions, all use a standardized passport format[1]. The burgundy red color is specified. (This was one of the reasons given by the "Leave" campaign in the run up to the Brexit vote, that the United Kingdom would be able to return to a blue cover color.)

0 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passports_of_the_European_Unio...

1 - http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:...