Bronze (#CD7F32)
Bronze is a medium brown color that resembles the actual alloy bronze.
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Bronze
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| Hex triplet | #CD7F32 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (205, 127, 50) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (30°, 75.6%, 80.4%) |
| Source | [Unsourced] | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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At right is displayed the color bronze.
The first recorded use of bronze as a color name in English was in 1753. [1]
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. [2]
- Age of Bronze is a comic book published by Image Comics.
- 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.
- 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.
References
- ^ 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
- ^ Overstreet, Robert M. Official Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide 38th Edition New York:2008 (Glossary Pages 1026-1031) Page 1026
See also
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| Auburn | Beige | Bistre | Bole | Bronze | Brown | Buff | Raw umber | Burnt sienna | Burnt umber |
| Chocolate | Copper | Cordovan | Desert sand | Ecru | Fallow | Khaki | Liver | Mahogany | Ochre |
| Wheat | Russet | Rust | Sandy brown | Seal brown | Sepia | Sienna | Tan | Taupe | |
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