Copper (color)

Short description: Orange brown color

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

Copper

Crystallized copper metal

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

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

## Contents

* 1 Variations of copper
* 1.1 Pale copper
* 1.2 Copper red
* 1.3 Copper penny
* 1.4 Copper rose
* 2 Copper in nature
* 3 Copper in culture
* 3.1 Ethnography
* 3.2 Heraldry
* 3.3 Sports
* 4 See also
* 5 References

## Variations of copper

### Pale copper

Pale Copper

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

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

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

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 orchidsThe Copper-colored Restrepia is an orchid native to Colombia.

Snakes

* Southern copperheadCopperhead 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.

## See also

* List of colors

## 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, 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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