Copper (color)

Copper Red
Copper Red
CIELChuv (L, C, h)
Source	ISCC-NBS
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Moderate reddish orange
	B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte);

Pale Copper
Pale Copper
CIELChuv (L, C, h)
Source	Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Moderate orange
	B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte);

Copper
Copper
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(55, 70, 39°)
Source	[1]/Maerz and Paul
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Brownish orange
	B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte);

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

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

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.^[3]

Copper penny

Copper Penny

CIELCh_uv (L, C, h)		(53, 44, 17°)
Source	Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Grayish red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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

Copper rose

CIELCh_uv (L, C, h)		(49, 34, 12°)
Source	[2]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Grayish red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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-colored Restrepia
is an orchid native to Colombia.

Snakes

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.

References

^ 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.
^ 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
^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 193
^ 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
^ "copperhead (n.)", www.etymonline.com, retrieved 1 October 2016
^ 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"

[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, 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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