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'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]

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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.

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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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★ Online Etymology Dictionary