Bronze (color)

Metallic brown resembling the alloy bronze

This article is about the colour. For other uses, see Bronze (disambiguation).

Bronze

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #CD7F32
sRGBB (r, g, b)| (205, 127, 50)
HSV (h, s, v)| (30°, 76%, 80%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)| (60, 81, 39°)
Source| 99colors.net[1]/Maerz and Paul[2]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Strong orange
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Bronze statue of the Roman Emperor Augustus

Bronze is a metallic brown color which resembles the metal alloy bronze.

A bronze medal

The first recorded use of bronze as a color name in English was in 1753.[3]

## Variations

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### Blast-off bronze

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Blast-Off Bronze

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #A57164
sRGBB (r, g, b)| (165, 113, 100)
HSV (h, s, v)| (12°, 39%, 65%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)| (53, 39, 24°)
Source| Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Light reddish brown
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Blast-off bronze is one of the colors in the special set of metallic Crayola crayons called Metallic FX, the colors of which were formulated by Crayola in 2001.

Crayola Metallic FX crayons. Blast-off bronze is the 5th crayon from the right.

### Antique bronze

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Antique Bronze

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #665D1E
sRGBB (r, g, b)| (102, 93, 30)
HSV (h, s, v)| (52°, 71%, 40%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)| (39, 37, 77°)
Source| ISCC-NBS[4]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Moderate olive
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The first recorded use of antique bronze as a color name in English was in 1910.[5]

Bronze statue of Hercules with green patina

## References

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1. ^ "Color Bronze | Hex Code #CD7F32 | RGB 205, 127, 50". www.99colors.net.
2. ^ The colour displayed in the colour box above matches the colour called bronze, in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul, A Dictionary of Color, New York: 1930 McGraw-Hill; the colour bronze is displayed on page 51, Plate 14, Colour Sample L9.
3. ^ Maerz and Paul, A Dictionary of Color, New York: 1930 McGraw-Hill, p. 191; Colour Sample of Bronze: p. 51, Plate 14, Colour Sample L9
4. ^ "ISCC-NBS". Archived from the original on 22 November 2012.
5. ^ Maerz and Paul, A Dictionary of Color, New York: 1930 McGraw-Hill; p. 189, Color Sample of Bronze: p. 51, Plate 14, Color Sample L10

## See also

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* Bronze and brass ornamental work
* List of colors

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