Copper (color)

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.

Copper penny

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.

Copper rose

At right is displayed the color copper rose.

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

Copper in nature

Plants

• [[File:Restrepia elegans.jpg|alt=Copper restrepia orchids|thumb|Copper restrepia orchids]]The Copper-colored Restrepia is an orchid native to Colombia.

Snakes

• [[File:Southern copperhead.jpg|alt=Southern copperhead|thumb|[[Agkistrodon contortrix|Southern copperhead]]]]Copperhead snakes (such as Trigonocephalus contortrix) are so named for the coloration found between their eyes.

Copper in culture

Ethnography

• Indigenous peoples of the Americas are sometimes described as being copper colored or copper-skinned.

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

References

1. "Color Copper | Hex Code #B87333 | RGB 184, 115, 51".
2. 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.
3. Maerz and Paul. (1930). "Color Sample of Copper: Page 31 Plate 4 Color Sample I11". [[McGraw Hill Education.
4. (July 30, 2017). "Retsof online version of ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Colo(u)r Names - Ca through Cz".
5. Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 193
6. "Color Copper rose | Hex Code #996666 | RGB 153, 102, 102".
7. 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
8. "copperhead (n.)". www.etymonline.com.
9. 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 ''[[Indigenous peoples of the Americas. American Indian Race]]'' is described as being "copper-colored"