The first recorded use of copper as a color name in English was in 1594.<ref>Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 193; Color Sample of Copper: Page 31 Plate 4 Color Sample I11</ref>
The first recorded use of copper red as a color name in English was in 1590.<ref>Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 193</ref>
Copper penny is one of the colors in the special set of metallic Crayola crayons called Silver Swirls, the colors of which were formulated by Crayola in 1990.
The first recorded use of copper rose as a color name in English was in 1928.<ref>Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 193; Color Sample of Copper Rose: Page 33 Plate 5 Color Sample J5</ref>
Indigenous peoples of the Americas are sometimes described as being copper colored or copper-skinned.<ref>See: Rand McNally's World Atlas International Edition Chicago:1944 Rand McNally Map: "Races of Mankind" Pages 278–279—In the explanatory section below the map, the American Indian Race is described as being "copper-colored"</ref>
Heraldry
Copper (heraldry) – Copper has been used in heraldry as a metal tincture since the late 20th Century, so far mostly in Canada.
Sports
The Zambia national football team are nicknamed the Chipolopolo, which translates to "Copper Bullets" and typically features the color in its uniforms.
