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

“If you’ve got a lot of old gold jewelry, it’s basically free money.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2025

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

That huge horn with its bands of old gold, incised with ancient rimes ... had Mance Rayder lied to him, or was Tormund lying now?

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