Bronze (color)

metallic brown color which resembles the actual alloy bronze
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Bronze is the color of the alloy bronze.

The first recorded use of bronze as a color name in English was in 1753. [1]

Meaning of bronze change

  • The color bronze means third place after gold (first place) and silver (second place) in awards such as the Olympic medals for the Olympic Games.

Tones of bronze color comparison chart change

Name Color HEX Code Red Green Blue Hue Sat Lum Source
Bronze Gold #C9AE5D 201 174 93 45° 50% 58% ISCC-NBS
Bronze #CD7F32 205 127 50 30° 61% 50% PerBang.dk Maerz and Paul
Blast Off Bronze #A57164 165 113 100 12° 27% 52% Crayola: Metallic FX
Deep Bronze #8C7853 140 120 83 39° 26% 44%
Medium Bronze #6C541E 108 84 30 42° 57% 27% ISCC-NBS: Bronze Nude
Antique Bronze #665D1E 102 93 30 53° 55% 26% ISCC-NBS
Dark Bronze #52503C 82 80 60 55° 15% 28% ISCC-NBS: Bronze Sheen

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References change

  1. 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