Rufous

This is about the colour, for Rufus, see Rufus (disambiguation)

Rufous ( /ˈruːfəs/) is a colour that may be described as reddish-brown or brownish-red, as of rust or oxidised iron.^[1]

The first recorded use of rufous as a colour name in English was in the year 1782.^[2] Its hex code is #A81C07.

The name "rufous" is derived from the meaning of “red” in Latin and is used as an adjective in the names of many animals, especially birds, to describe the colour of their skin, fur or plumage.

1 Birds
2 Dinosaurs
3 Mammals
4 Invertebrates
5 See also
6 References

Birds

Dinosaurs

Sinosauropteryx (as per Zhang, F. et al.)

Mammals

Invertebrates

Rufous Minor

References

^ 10,000 Birds: Color Me Rufous
^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 203; Color Sample of Rufous: Page 45 Plate 10 Color Sample A10

3. Zhang, F., Kearns, S.L., Orr, P.J., Benton, M.J. Zhou, Z., Jonhson, D., Xu, X. & Wang, X. (2010) Fossilized melanosomes and the colour of Cretaceous dinosaurs and birds Nature advance online publication 27 January 2010 | doi:10.1038/nature08740

Shades of red
Amaranth	Auburn	Burgundy	Cardinal	Carmine	Cerise	Chestnut	Crimson	Dark red	Electric crimson

Fire brick	Flame	Folly	Fuchsia	Lust	Magenta	Raspberry	Red	Red-violet	Redwood

Rose	Rosewood	Ruby	Rust	Scarlet	Terra cotta	Tuscan red	Vermilion	Wine

The samples shown above are only indicative.

Shades of brown
Auburn	Beaver	Beige	Bistre	Bole	Bronze	Brown	Buff	Burgundy	Burnt sienna

Burnt umber	Camel	Chamoisee	Chestnut	Chocolate	Citrine	Coffee	Copper	Cordovan	Desert sand

Earth yellow	Ecru	Fallow	Fawn	Field drab	Fulvous	Isabelline	Khaki	Lion	Liver

Mahogany	Maroon	Ochre	Raw umber	Redwood	Rufous	Russet	Rust	Sand	Sandy brown

Seal brown	Sepia	Sienna	Sinopia	Tan	Taupe	Tawny	Umber	Wenge	Wheat

The samples shown above are only indicative.