{{short description|Orange brown color}} {{use dmy|date=December 2025}} {{about|the color||Copper (disambiguation)}} {{pp-pc}} {{infobox color |title=Copper |image=Copper-18706.jpg |caption=A dendritic specimen of native copper |hex=B87333 |source=99colors.net<ref>{{cite web |url=https://99colors.net/name/copper |title=Color Copper &#124; Hex Code #B87333 &#124; RGB 184, 115, 51 |website=99colors.net |access-date=2025-01-09 |archive-date=2024-03-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301080955/https://www.99colors.net/name/copper |url-status=live}}</ref>/Maerz and Paul<ref>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.</ref> |isccname=Brownish orange}}

'''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.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |author=Maerz and Paul |encyclopedia=A Dictionary of Color |location=New York |year=1930 |publisher=McGraw-Hill |page=193 |title=Color Sample of Copper: Page 31 Plate 4 Color Sample I11}}</ref>

==Variations of copper== ===Pale copper=== {{infobox color |title=Pale Copper |hex=DA8A67 |source=Crayola |isccname=Moderate orange}}

At right is displayed pale tone of copper that is called ''copper'' in Crayola crayons. This color was formulated by Crayola in 1903.

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===Copper red=== {{infobox color |title=Copper Red |hex=CB6D51 |source=ISCC-NBS<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-c.htm|title=Retsof online version of ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Colo(u)r Names - Ca through Cz|date=July 30, 2017|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730190624/http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-c.htm |archive-date=30 July 2017 }}</ref> |isccname=Moderate reddish orange}} At right is displayed the color '''copper red'''.

The first recorded use of ''copper red'' as a color name in English was in 1590.<ref>Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 193</ref>

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===Copper penny=== {{infobox color |title=Copper Penny |hex=AD6F69 |source=Crayola |isccname=Grayish red}}

At right is displayed the color '''copper penny'''. [[File:US penny 2003.jpg|alt=A US 2003 penny featuring Lincoln|thumb|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.

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===Copper rose=== {{infobox color |title=Copper rose |hex=996666 |source=99colors.net<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.99colors.net/name/copper-rose|title=Color Copper rose &#124; Hex Code #996666 &#124; RGB 153, 102, 102|website=www.99colors.net|access-date=2025-01-09|archive-date=2024-05-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240518105016/https://www.99colors.net/name/copper-rose|url-status=live}}</ref> |isccname=Grayish red}}

At right is displayed the color '''copper rose'''.

The first recorded use of ''copper rose'' as a color name in English was in 1928.<ref>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</ref>

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== Copper in nature == '''Plants''' * alt=Copper restrepia orchids|thumb|Copper restrepia orchidsThe Copper-colored Restrepia is an orchid native to Colombia.

'''Snakes''' * [[File:Southern copperhead.jpg|alt=Southern copperhead|thumb|Southern copperhead]]Copperhead snakes (such as ''Trigonocephalus contortrix'') are so named for the coloration found between their eyes.<ref>{{citation|url = http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=copperhead|title = copperhead (n.)|access-date = 1 October 2016|work = www.etymonline.com|archive-date = 17 January 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170117021839/http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=copperhead|url-status = live}}</ref>

== Copper in culture ==

===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 == * List of colors

== References == {{Reflist}}

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