Copper (color)

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Copper is a reddish brown color that resembles the metal copper.

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Copper
 
Copper-18706.jpg
Crystallized copper metal
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #B87333
sRGB B (r, g, b)(184, 115, 51)
HSV (h, s, v)(29°, 72%, 72%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(55, 70, 39°)
Source /Maerz and Paul [1]
ISCC–NBS descriptor Brownish orange
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The first recorded use of copper as a color name in English was in 1594. [2]

Variations of copper

Pale copper

Pale Copper
 
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #DA8A67
sRGB B (r, g, b)(218, 138, 103)
HSV (h, s, v)(18°, 53%, 85%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(65, 68, 30°)
Source Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor Moderate orange
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed pale tone of copper that is called copper in Crayola crayons. This color was formulated by Crayola in 1903.

Copper red

Copper Red
 
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #CB6D51
sRGB B (r, g, b)(203, 109, 81)
HSV (h, s, v)(14°, 60%, 80%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(56, 78, 23°)
Source ISCC-NBS
ISCC–NBS descriptor Moderate reddish orange
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the color copper red.

The first recorded use of copper red as a color name in English was in 1590. [3]

Copper penny

Copper Penny
 
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #AD6F69
sRGB B (r, g, b)(173, 111, 105)
HSV (h, s, v)(5°, 39%, 68%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(53, 44, 17°)
Source Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor Grayish red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the color copper penny.

A US 2003 penny featuring Lincoln US penny 2003.jpg
A US 2003 penny featuring Lincoln

Copper penny is one of the colors in the special set of metallic Crayola crayons called Silver Swirls, the colors of which were formulated by Crayola in 1990.

Copper rose

Copper rose
 
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #996666
sRGB B (r, g, b)(153, 102, 102)
HSV (h, s, v)(0°, 33%, 60%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(49, 34, 12°)
Source
ISCC–NBS descriptor Grayish red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the color copper rose.

The first recorded use of copper rose as a color name in English was in 1928. [4]

Copper in nature

Plants
Snakes

Copper in culture

Ethnography

Heraldry

Sports

See also

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References

  1. The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called copper in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color copper is displayed on page 31 Plate 4, Color Sample I11.
  2. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 193; Color Sample of Copper: Page 31 Plate 4 Color Sample I11
  3. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 193
  4. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 193; Color Sample of Copper Rose: Page 33 Plate 5 Color Sample J5
  5. "copperhead (n.)", www.etymonline.com, retrieved 1 October 2016
  6. See: Rand McNally’s World Atlas International Edition Chicago:1944 Rand McNally Map: "Races of Mankind" Pages 278–279—In the explanatory section below the map, the American Indian Race is described as being "copper-colored"