old gold

American  

noun

1. a color ranging in hue from medium yellow to light olive brown.

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old gold British  

noun

1. 1. a dark yellow colour, sometimes with a brownish tinge

   2. ( as adjective )

      an old-gold carpet

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Etymology

Origin of old gold

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

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old gold

The men own a Scottish-made brick recovered from an old gold mine in Washington state, USA.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2024

“It’s absolutely ravishing to me. It’s this ancient object, the old gold with this lovely enameled look, and the colors around each of the stones are really beautiful,” she said.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 5, 2022

A rival experiment called the LZ Dark Matter Experiment, also using eight tons of xenon, was being assembled in an old gold mine that is now the Sanford Underground Research Facility, in Lead, S.D.

From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2020

The nearly 1,000-mile endurance race across the wilderness officially concluded with the dogs sprawled out on a snow ramp in the centre of Nome, an old gold rush town just below the Arctic Circle.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 24, 2016

The armbands were old gold, solid and heavy, engraved with the ancient runes of the First Men.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin