Internet Colors - Set of 1035

Auburn Color 36 - #A52A2A

Auburn may be described as hair that is of a reddish-brown color. The word "auburn" comes from the Old French word alborne, which meant blond, coming from Latin word alburnus ("off-white"). The first recorded use of auburn in English was in 1430. The chemical pigments that cause the coloration of auburn hair are frequently pheomelanin with high levels of brown eumelanin. Auburn hair is reasonably common among people of Indo-Aryan descent and also northern and western European descent, but it is rare elsewhere.