Woman with light auburn hair.

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

The first recorded use of auburn as a color name in English was in 1430.^[1]

Auburn

Auburn
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#6D351A
B	(r, g, b)	(109, 53, 26)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(20°, 76%, 43%)
Source		Internet
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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

Vivid auburn

Vivid Auburn
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#932724
B	(r, g, b)	(147, 39, 36)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(2°, 76%, 58%)
Source		Internet
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

In cosmetology, a brighter shade of auburn called vivid auburn is used for dyeing hair.

Auburn in human culture

English literature

• 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). ^[2]

Ethnography

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

See also

• Red hair

References

1. ^ 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
2. ^ The Wordsworth Dictionary of Phrase and Fable

External links

• Online Etymology Dictionary

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