coppery

[kop-uh-ree]

adjective

of, resembling, or containing copper.
being reddish-brown in color; copper-colored.

Origin of coppery

First recorded in 1785–95; copper¹ + -y¹

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Contemporary Examples of coppery

Her finely penciled lips are a coppery brown, playing off her salmon-colored suit and her reddish hair.
Shirley MacLaine on ‘Bernie,’ ‘Downton Abbey,’ and Her Lifetime Achievments
Lorenza Muñoz
April 25, 2012
They looked like maps of an archipelago, their natural pink-white hue splotched with huge, coppery splats.
Spray-Tan Horror Stories
Anneli Rufus
July 7, 2010
Zemeckis, a former Cinemax—or, to be precise, Skinemax—mainstay, has Rita Hayworth cheekbones and wavy, coppery hair.
A Hollywood Wife's Sexy Alter-Ego
Nicole LaPorte
April 20, 2010

Historical Examples of coppery

It was simply a coppery glow, marvelously delicate, molding her face.
Way of the Lawless
Max Brand
The coppery giant was upon him in the instant of his realization.
Two Thousand Miles Below
Charles Willard Diffin
Coppery glints rippled to and fro on the wealth of her gold hair.
Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard
Joseph Conrad
Black and red, maybe, with plastered hair and a coppery skin.
David Lannarck, Midget
George S. Harney
The whole arch of the heavens glowed with a hot and coppery glare.
The Island Home
Richard Archer