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Bronze is a metallic brown 
The first recorded use of ''bronze'' as a color name in
Bronze is a metallic brown color
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which resembles the metal alloy
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bronze
Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, commonly with about 12–12.5% tin and often with the addition of other metals (including aluminium, manganese, nickel, or zinc) and sometimes non-metals, such as phosphorus, or metalloids suc ...
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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 metallicCrayola
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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 inEnglish
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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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See also
* Bronze and brass ornamental work *List of colors
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Bronze
Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, commonly with about 12–12.5% tin and often with the addition of other metals (including aluminium, manganese, nickel, or zinc) and sometimes non-metals, such as phosphorus, or metalloids suc ...