Auburn hair

Auburn
Auburn
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#712F26
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(113, 47, 38)
HSV (h, s, v)	(7°, 66%, 44%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(29, 49, 17°)
Source	[Unsourced]
	B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte);

Auburn is a reddish brown color. It is similar to burgundy and maroon, although these two colors have a more reddish tint, whilst auburn has a slightly more brownish one.

Historically, the word abram was used to mean auburn, for example in early (pre-1685) folios of Coriolanus, Thomas Kyd's Soliman and Perseda (1588) and Thomas Middleton's Blurt, Master Constable (1601). ^[1]

In his book 'Germania' Tacitus, the Romanised Gaulish historian, described the hair color of the Germanic peoples as being 'Rutilo' meaning Auburn in Latin.

The first recorded use of auburn as a color name in English was in 1430.^[2]

Auburn

At right is displayed the color auburn. This shade of auburn represents the color of people's hair that is naturally auburn.

In cosmetology, more vivid shades of red-brown -- sometimes called "bright auburn" -- are also used for dyeing hair.

Reference

^ The Wordsworth Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 190; Color Sample of Auburn Page 37 Plate 7 Color Sample C11

External links

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[1] The Wordsworth Dictionary of Phrase and Fable

[2] Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 190; Color Sample of Auburn Page 37 Plate 7 Color Sample C11

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