Copper (color)

Copper

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

Pale copper

Pale Copper

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#DA8A67
sRGB^B (r, g, b)	(218, 138, 103)
HSV (h, s, v)	(18°, 53%, 85%)
CIELCh_uv (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 copperinCrayola crayons. This color was formulated by Crayola in 1903.

Copper red

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Copper Red

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#CB6D51
sRGB^B (r, g, b)	(203, 109, 81)
HSV (h, s, v)	(14°, 60%, 80%)
CIELCh_uv (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

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Copper Penny

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#AD6F69
sRGB^B (r, g, b)	(173, 111, 105)
HSV (h, s, v)	(5°, 39%, 68%)
CIELCh_uv (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

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

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Copper rose

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#996666
sRGB^B (r, g, b)	(153, 102, 102)
HSV (h, s, v)	(0°, 33%, 60%)
CIELCh_uv (L, C, h)	(49, 34, 12°)
Source	[2]
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]

Plants

Copper restrepia orchids
The Copper-colored Restrepia is an orchid native to Colombia.

Snakes

Southern copperhead
Copperhead snakes (such as Trigonocephalus contortrix) are so named for the coloration found between their eyes.^[5]

Ethnography

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Indigenous peoples of the Americas are sometimes described as being copper coloredorcopper-skinned.^[6]

Heraldry

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Copper (heraldry) – Copper has been used in heraldry as a metal tincture since the late 20th Century, so far mostly in Canada.

Sports

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The Zambia national football team are nicknamed the Chipolopolo, which translates to "Copper Bullets" and typically features the color in its uniforms.

^ 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.

^ 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

^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 193

^ 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

^ "copperhead (n.)", www.etymonline.com, retrieved 1 October 2016

^ 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"

Contents

Variations of copper

Pale copper

Copper red

Copper penny

Copper rose

Copper in nature

Copper in culture

Ethnography

Heraldry

Sports

See also

References

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