Copper (color)

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

Copper
 
Crystallized copper metal is copper colored.
    Color coordinates
Hex triplet#B87333
sRGBB  (r, g, b)(184, 115, 51)
CMYKH   (c, m, y, k)(0, 32, 72, 28)
HSV       (h, s, v)(29°, 72%, 72%)
Source/Maerz and Paul[1]
ISCC–NBS descriptorBrownish orange
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)
This article is about the color. For other uses, see Copper (disambiguation).

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

Variations of copper

Pale copper
Pale Copper
 
    Color coordinates
Hex triplet#DA8A67
sRGBB  (r, g, b)(218, 138, 103)
CMYKH   (c, m, y, k)(15, 53, 62, 51)
HSV       (h, s, v)(18°, 53%, 85%)
SourceCrayola
ISCC–NBS descriptorModerate orange
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

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
sRGBB  (r, g, b)(203, 109, 81)
CMYKH   (c, m, y, k)(0, 46, 60, 20)
HSV       (h, s, v)(14°, 60%, 80[3]%)
SourceISCC-NBS
ISCC–NBS descriptorModerate reddish orange
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

At right is displayed the color copper red.

The first recorded use of copper red as a color name in English was in 1590.[4]

Copper penny
Copper Penny
 
    Color coordinates
Hex triplet#AD6F69
sRGBB  (r, g, b)(173, 111, 105)
CMYKH   (c, m, y, k)(0, 36, 39, 32)
HSV       (h, s, v)(5°, 39%, 68[5]%)
SourceCrayola
ISCC–NBS descriptorGrayish red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

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
sRGBB  (r, g, b)(153, 102, 102)
CMYKH   (c, m, y, k)(0, 33, 33, 40)
HSV       (h, s, v)(0°, 33.3%, 60%)
Source
ISCC–NBS descriptorGrayish red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

At right is displayed the color copper rose.

The first recorded use of copper rose as a color name in English was in 1928.[6]

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.[7]

Copper in culture
Ethnography
Heraldry
  • Copper (heraldry) – Copper has been used in heraldry as a metal tincture since the late 20th Century, so far mostly in Canada.
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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. web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code #CB6D51 (Copper Red):
  4. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 193
  5. web.forrett.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code #AD6F69 (Copper Penny):
  6. 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
  7. "copperhead (n.)", www.etymonline.com, retrieved 1 October 2016
  8. 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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