Bronze (color)
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This article is about the color. For other uses, see Bronze (disambiguation).
| Bronze | ||
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— Color coordinates — |
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| Hex triplet | #CD7F32 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (205, 127, 50) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (30°, 75.6%, 80.4%) |
| Source | Maerz and Paul [1] | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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At right is displayed the color bronze.
Bronze is a medium brown color which resembles the actual alloy bronze.
The first recorded use of bronze as a color name in English was in 1753. [2]
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[edit] Variations of bronze
[edit] Blast-off bronze
| Blast-Off Bronze | ||
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— Color coordinates — |
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| Hex triplet | #A57164 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (165, 113, 100) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (12°, 39%, 65[3]%) |
| Source | Crayola | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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Displayed at right is the color blast-off bronze.
Blast-off bronze is one of the colors in the special set of metallic Crayola crayons called Metallic FX, the colors of which were formulated by Crayola in 2001.
[edit] Bronze in human culture
- The Age of Bronze is a sculpture by Rodin.
- Mestizo Hispanics often refer to themselves as the Bronze Race. The use of the term bronze to describe La Raza derives from the book La Raza Cosmica by Jose Vasconcelos.
- The Bronze Star Medal is a United States Armed Forces individual military decoration that may be awarded for bravery, acts of merit, or meritorious service.
- The Bronze Medal of Valor is one of the Awards and decorations of the Civil Air Patrol of the United States.
- The Bronze Age in mythology denotes a time when human beings led a less idyllic life than in the Golden Age or the Silver Age.
- Comic books published between 1970 and 1984 are called Bronze Age Comic Books. [4]
- Age of Bronze is a comic book published by Image Comics.
- The Bronze Tiger is a superhero in the DC Universe.
- The term Bronze Age refers to a period in human cultural development when the most advanced metalworking (at least in systematic and widespread use) included techniques for smelting copper and tin from naturally-occurring outcroppings of copper and tin ores, creating a bronze alloy by melting those metals together, and casting them into bronze artifacts.
- In the popular children's book series Harry Potter , the house colours of Ravenclaw are blue and bronze.
- A Bronze medal is a medal awarded to the third place finisher of contests (typically athletics competitions) such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc.
[edit] References
- ^ The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called bronze in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color bronze is displayed on page 51 Plate 14, Color Sample L9.
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 191; Color Sample of Bronze: Page 51 Plate 14 Color Sample L9
- ^ web.forrett.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code #A57164 (Blast-Off Bronze):
- ^ Overstreet, Robert M. Official Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide 38th Edition New York:2008 (Glossary Pages 1026-1031) Page 1026
[edit] See also
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| Auburn | Beaver | Beige | Bistre | Bole | Bronze | Brown | Buff | Burgundy | Burnt sienna |
| Burnt umber | Camel | Chamoisee | Chestnut | Chocolate | Citrine | Coffee | Copper | Cordovan | Desert sand |
| Earth yellow | Ecru | Fallow | Fawn | Field drab | Fulvous | Isabelline | Khaki | Lion | Liver |
| Mahogany | Maroon | Ochre | Raw umber | Redwood | Rufous | Russet | Rust | Sand | Sandy brown |
| Seal brown | Sepia | Sienna | Sinopia | Tan | Taupe | Tawny | Umber | Wenge | Wheat |
| The samples shown above are only indicative. | |||||||||
