What Is The "Color" Of This Wheat Cent?

Cent planchets were bronze(Cu, Zn, and Sn) from 1864 to around 1960 when the Tin was phased out over a multi-year period. Cent planchets from 1960/61-1982 were technically brass since the alloy did not contain any Tin. In the latter part of 1982, Copper-plated zinc planchets were introduced. Occasionally, a few Zinc planchets would dissolve after dropping into the electrochemical plating bath, thus turning the plating bath from pure Copper to brass which resulted in brassy yellow Zincolns. When you see someone refer to "brass" cents, it is almost always a reference to these brass-plated cents.

Since your coin is a wheatie, it is of the old bronze composition which can range from brick red to orangish-yellow. However, it is at least a high AU coin with abundant luster remaining on the obverse so that is the primary reason why it still retains original color.