Copper (color)

Copper Red
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#CB6D51
Source	ISCC-NBS
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Moderate reddish orange

Pale Copper
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#DA8A67
Source	Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Moderate orange

Copper
	Crystallized copper metal
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#B87333
Source	[1]/Maerz and Paul
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Brownish orange

Short description: Orange brown color

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

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

Variations of copper

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.^[3]

Copper penny

Copper Penny

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#AD6F69
Source	Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Grayish red

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

Copper rose

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#996666
Source	[2]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Grayish red

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

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]

Copper in culture

Ethnography

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

Heraldry

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

Sports

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

References

↑ 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, http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=copperhead, 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"

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[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, http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=copperhead, 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"

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