Bronze is a metallic brown
color
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which resembles the metal
alloy
An alloy is a mixture of chemical elements of which at least one is a metal. Unlike chemical compounds with metallic bases, an alloy will retain all the properties of a metal in the resulting material, such as electrical conductivity, ductilit ...
bronze.
The first recorded use of ''bronze'' as a color name in
English
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was in 1753.
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Variations
Blast-off bronze
''Blast-off bronze'' is one of the colors in the special set of metallic
Crayola
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crayons called
Metallic FX, the colors of which were formulated by Crayola in 2001.
Antique bronze
The first recorded use of ''antique bronze'' as a color name in
English
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was in 1910.
[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]
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Bronze and brass ornamental work
Art in bronze and brass dates from remote antiquity. These important metals are alloys, bronze composed of copper and tin and brass of copper and zinc.
Proportions of each alloy vary slightly. Bronze may be normally considered as nine parts ...
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List of colors
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Bronze