golden color

Sunlit metallic shade

A golden color is a warm, rich yellow resembling gold metal—deeper than lemon, with hints of orange or brown.

The phrase typically describes hair, light, or skin tones: Her hair was a beautiful golden color, The sunset cast a golden color across the fields.

Often interchangeable with simply "golden."

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sunset · wheat · corn · buttercup · marigold · flaxen · honey blonde · tawny · ochre · champagne · blonde · canary · mustard · harvest · autumn leaves · sunflower · medallion · treasure

Categories
Opposites
metallic color spectrum

golden colorsilvery

Pale metallic sheen

chrome · steel gray · platinum · pewter · gunmetal

color temperature/warmth

golden colorsilver blue

pale blue · steel blue · midnight blue

value/preciousness symbolism

golden colorleaden

Oppressively heavy or dull

tarnished · drab

Family

golden, gold, color, colour, colors, colours, colored, coloured, colorful

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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G