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  • Coppery rose color; rich and ripe fruit; very full-bodied, suitable for grilled chicken or even grilled lamb.

    A.J. Liebling's Favorite Rosé, Perfect for Summer Jay McInerney 2011

  • Coppery plumage, merging to a gorgeous deep plum color on its wing tips.

    Unnatural Selection Tim Lebbon 2006

  • Coppery plumage, merging to a gorgeous deep plum color on its wing tips.

    Unnatural Selection Tim Lebbon 2006

  • Coppery plumage, merging to a gorgeous deep plum color on its wing tips.

    Unnatural Selection Tim Lebbon 2006

  • Coppery gold sunlight slanted down into it, warm and inviting.

    ARMAGEDDON SKY L. A. GRAF 1997

  • Coppery muscles rippling, the boy waded into the dark turquoise water, pushed the boat off expertly, and was soon rowing along the shivering, silver cone of moonlight spilling over the sea.

    Pirates Linda Miller 1995

  • Coppery-skinned Sharmad Zeffar's plump curves were covered, if far from obscured, by a high-necked, but barely opaque Domani dress, the pale golden silk worn at hem and cuffs, still with a sprinkling of small travel-stains beyond cleaning; silk was silk, after all, and seldom to be had here.

    Lord of Chaos Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1994

  • Coppery-skinned Leane, willowy and as tall as most men, sat cross-legged in her pale shift, working on her dress with needle and thread.

    The Fires of Heaven Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1993

  • Coppery-skinned Jeaine Caide, in one of those disgusting Domani garments that she wore inside the house, had tears still glistening on her cheeks; she had been a Green, and liked flaunting herself in front of men even more than most Greens.

    The Fires of Heaven Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1993

  • Coppery-skinned, swan-necked Jeaine Caide wore the thinnest, most clinging silk dresses she could find — white, today — and laughed that the gowns would have to do, since there was nothing available in Tarabon to catch a man's eye.

    The Shadow Rising Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1992

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