Bronze is a metallic brown colour which resembles the metal alloy bronze.
| Bronze | |
|---|---|
 Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #CD7F32 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (205, 127, 50) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (30°, 76%, 80%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (60, 81, 39°) |
| Source | [1]/Maerz and Paul[1] |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Strong orange |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
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The first recorded use of bronze as a colour name in English was in 1753.[2]
Variations edit
Blast-off bronze edit
| Blast-Off Bronze | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #A57164 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (165, 113, 100) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (12°, 39%, 65%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (53, 39, 24°) |
| Source | Crayola |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Light reddish brown |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
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.
Antique bronze edit
| Antique Bronze | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #665D1E |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (102, 93, 30) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (52°, 71%, 40%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (39, 37, 77°) |
| Source | ISCC-NBS |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Moderate olive |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
The first recorded use of antique bronze as a color name in English was in 1910.[3]
References edit
- ^ The colour displayed in the colour box above matches the colour called bronze, in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul, A Dictionary of Color, New York: 1930 McGraw-Hill; the colour bronze is displayed on page 51, Plate 14, Colour Sample L9.
- ^ Maerz and Paul, A Dictionary of Color, New York: 1930 McGraw-Hill, p. 191; Colour Sample of Bronze: p. 51, Plate 14, Colour Sample L9
- ^ Maerz and Paul, A Dictionary of Color, New York: 1930 McGraw-Hill; p. 189, Color Sample of Bronze: p. 51, Plate 14, Color Sample L10