coppery
adjective
cop·pery
ˈkä-p(ə-)rē 
: resembling or suggesting copper
especially
: having the reddish to brownish-orange color of copper
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Japanese Beetles Japanese beetles, which have metallic green bodies and coppery wing covers, have voracious appetites, chowing down on more than 300 plant species, including crepe myrtle.
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 25 Aug. 2025
Set to turn a coppery shade of red in the sky this Tuesday, November 8, the full moon will kick off Election Day with an early morning event of its own — a total lunar eclipse.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 7 Nov. 2022
Ramato is a coppery-pink style specific to the Fruili region and this one features a fruit bowl of cherry, wild strawberry and stone orchard fruit.
—Lana Bortolot, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2021
The client can dictate the season as seen by the surrounding landscape’s spring pink dogwood, summer’s hydrangea, fall’s coppery-leaf maple or winter’s blanket of snow.
—oregonlive, 16 Jan. 2020
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 25 Aug. 2025
Set to turn a coppery shade of red in the sky this Tuesday, November 8, the full moon will kick off Election Day with an early morning event of its own — a total lunar eclipse.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 7 Nov. 2022
Ramato is a coppery-pink style specific to the Fruili region and this one features a fruit bowl of cherry, wild strawberry and stone orchard fruit.
—Lana Bortolot, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2021
The client can dictate the season as seen by the surrounding landscape’s spring pink dogwood, summer’s hydrangea, fall’s coppery-leaf maple or winter’s blanket of snow.
—oregonlive, 16 Jan. 2020
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“Coppery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coppery. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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