Copper is a reddish brown color that resembles the actual metal copper.
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Copper
Copper
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— Color coordinates —
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Hex triplet
| #B87333
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RGBB
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| (184, 115, 51)
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HSV
| (h, s, v)
| (29°, 72%, 72%)
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Source
| BF2S Color Guide
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B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
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At right is displayed the color copper.
Pale copper
Pale Copper
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— Color coordinates —
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Hex triplet
| #DA8A67
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RGBB
| (r, g, b)
| (218, 138, 103)
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HSV
| (h, s, v)
| (18°, 53%, 85%)
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Source
| Crayola
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B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
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At right is displayed the color pale copper. This is the color that is called copper in Crayola crayons. This color was formulated by Crayola in 1958.
Copper in nature
Animals
- The copper butterfly is the common name for the butterfly family Lycaenidae.
- The Copperhead may refer to any of three different species of snakes:
- Agkistrodon contortrix, a venomous pit viper species found in parts of North America.
- Austrelaps, a genus of venomous elapids found in southern Australia and Tasmania.
- Elaphe radiata, known as the Copperhead Rat Snake, a non-venomous species found in southern Asia.
Shades of copper color comparison chart
- Pale Copper (Crayola Copper) (Hex: #DA8A67) (RGB: 218, 138, 203)
- COPPER (Hex: #B87333) (RGB: 184, 115, 51)
Copper in human culture
Architecture
- The reconstructed De Young Museum in San Francisco, California, which opened in October 2005, is clad in 1,000,000 pounds of copper. [1]
- The gigantic statue "Liberty Enlightening the World" (Statue of Liberty National Monument) in New York Harbor is entirely clad in copper, about the thickness of one US penny.
Ethnography
- Amerindians are often referred to as being copper colored or copper-skinned.
Geography
- The Copper River is located in Alaska.
- The Copper Canyon (Spanish: Barranca del Cobre) is a canyon system in the Sierra Tarahumara in the southwestern part of the state of Chihuahua in Mexico.
Kitchenware
- Copper kitchenware is popular, mostly because it is convenient because it heats up faster, but some like to collect it just because they like the color.
Marriage
- The 7th wedding anniversary is called the Copper Anniversary and one is expected to give gifts made of copper to a couple celebrating that anniversary. By extension, the 7th anniversary of any important event can be called the copper jubilee, although this term is seldom used.
Music
- In the song Maria Magenta on the 1973 album Cosmic Wheels, Donovan calls Maria Magenta my copper go-go girl: [1]
- Copper was an emo or emocore band based in Buffalo, NY in the mid-1990s.
- Copperhead is a name used by a number of different music bands.
Panelology
- Copper is a comic strip by Kazu Kibuishi that has enjoyed both webcomic and print appearances.
- Copperhead (Marvel Comics)is a Marvel comics supervillain and member of the Serpent Society.
- Copperhead (DC Comics) is a DC Comics supervillain and member of the Secret Society of Super-Villains.
Politics
- Copperheads were Northern Peace Democrats who opposed the American Civil War, wanting an immediate peace settlement.
Pre-History
- The Copper Age or Chalcolithic (Greek khalkos + lithos 'copper stone') period (also known as the Eneolithic (Aeneolithic)), is a phase in the development of human culture in which the use of early metal tools appeared alongside the use of stone tools.
Role playing games
- In Dungeons & Dragons, the copper dragon is one of the metallic dragons.
References
- ^ "Copper"--Article in Sunday, June 10, 2007 San Francisco Chronicle:
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See also
- Copper Rose
- List of colors
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