Copper (color)

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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.[1]

Variations of copper

Pale copper

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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

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The first recorded use of copper red as a color name in English was in 1590.[2]

Copper penny

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A US 2003 penny featuring Lincoln
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

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The first recorded use of copper rose as a color name in English was in 1928.[3]

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

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  1. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  2. ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 193
  3. ↑ 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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  5. ↑ 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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