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Copper (color)

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Hex triplet
  
#B87333

CMYK   (c, m, y, k)
  
(0, 32, 72, 28)

Source
  
[1]/Maerz and Paul

sRGB  (r, g, b)
  
(184, 115, 51)

HSV       (h, s, v)
  
(29°, 72%, 72%)

Copper (color)

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

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

Pale copper

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

At right is displayed the color copper red.

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

The source of this color is: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color Sample of Copper Red (color sample #39)

Copper penny

At right is displayed the color copper penny.

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

At right is displayed the color copper rose.

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

Copper in nature

Plants
  • The Copper-colored Restrepia is an orchid native to Colombia.
  • Snakes
  • Copperhead snakes (such as Trigonocephalus contortrix) are so named for the coloration found between their eyes.
  • Copper in culture

    Ethnography
  • Indigenous peoples of the Americas are sometimes described as being copper colored or copper-skinned.
  • Heraldry
  • Copper (heraldry) - Copper has been used in heraldry as a metal tincture since the late 20th Century, so far mostly in Canada.
  • References

    Copper (color) Wikipedia