Copper (color)
{{short description|Orange brown color}}
{{About|the color||Copper (disambiguation)}}
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Copper is a reddish brown color that resembles the metal copper.
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|title=Copper
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|caption=Crystallized copper metal
|hex=B87333
|source=99colors.net{{Cite web|url=https://www.99colors.net/name/copper|title=Color Copper | Hex Code #B87333 | RGB 184, 115, 51|website=www.99colors.net|access-date=2025-01-09|archive-date=2024-03-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301080955/https://www.99colors.net/name/copper|url-status=live}}/Maerz and PaulThe 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.
|isccname=Brownish orange}}
The first recorded use of copper as a color name in English was in 1594.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
Variations of copper
=Pale copper=
=Copper red=
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|title=Copper Red
|hex=CB6D51
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|isccname=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.Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 193
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=Copper penny=
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|title=Copper Penny
|hex=AD6F69
|source=Crayola
|isccname=Grayish red}}
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.
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=Copper rose=
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|title=Copper rose
|hex=996666
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|isccname=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.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
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Copper in nature
Plants
- File:Restrepia elegans.jpgThe Copper-colored Restrepia is an orchid native to Colombia.
Snakes
- File:Southern copperhead.jpg]]Copperhead snakes (such as Trigonocephalus contortrix) are so named for the coloration found between their eyes.{{citation|url = http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=copperhead|title = copperhead (n.)|access-date = 1 October 2016|work = www.etymonline.com|archive-date = 17 January 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170117021839/http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=copperhead|url-status = live}}
Copper in culture
=Ethnography=
- Indigenous peoples of the Americas are sometimes described as being copper colored or copper-skinned.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"
=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.