Rufous

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This article is about the colour. For other uses, 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. However, the colour is also recorded earlier in 1527 as a diagnostic urine colour.[3]

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.

Rufous #A81C07

Birds

Rufous Fantail
Rufous-headed Hornbill

Dinosaurs

Mammals

  • Black and Rufous Elephant Shrew
  • Chinese Rufous Horseshoe Bat
  • Common Rufous-nosed Rat
  • Ghana Rufous-nosed Rat
  • Large Rufous Horseshoe Bat
  • Northern Rufous Mouse Lemur
  • Rufous Dog-faced Bat
  • Rufous Elephant-shrew
  • Rufous hare-wallaby
  • Rufous Horseshoe Bat
  • Rufous Mouse Opossum
  • Rufous Rat-kangaroo
  • Rufous Soft-furred Spiny-rat
  • Rufous Trident Bat
  • Rufous-bellied Bolo Mouse
  • Small Rufous Horseshoe Bat

Invertebrates

See also

  • Rufous-breasted (disambiguation)
  • List of colours

References

  1. ↑ 10,000 Birds: Color Me Rufous
  2. ↑ 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. ↑ Anon., Here begineth the seinge of urynes London, 1527;British Museum
  • 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
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