Copper (color)

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

Copper
 
Crystallized copper metal
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#B87333
sRGBB (r, g, b)(184, 115, 51)
HSV (h, s, v)(29°, 72%, 72%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(55, 70, 39°)
Source[1]/Maerz and Paul[1]
ISCC–NBS descriptorBrownish orange
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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)
HSV (h, s, v)(18°, 53%, 85%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(65, 68, 30°)
SourceCrayola
ISCC–NBS descriptorModerate orange
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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)
HSV (h, s, v)(14°, 60%, 80%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(56, 78, 23°)
SourceISCC-NBS
ISCC–NBS descriptorModerate reddish orange
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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
 
    Color coordinates
Hex triplet#AD6F69
sRGBB (r, g, b)(173, 111, 105)
HSV (h, s, v)(5°, 39%, 68%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(53, 44, 17°)
SourceCrayola
ISCC–NBS descriptorGrayish red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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)
HSV (h, s, v)(0°, 33%, 60%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(49, 34, 12°)
Source[2]
ISCC–NBS descriptorGrayish 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
Snakes

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.

Sports

  • The Zambia national football team are nicknamed the Chipolopolo, which translates to "Copper Bullets" and typically features the color in its uniforms.

See also

References