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

He thinks his conservative neighbors here in the Sierra foothills where old gold country merges with swanky Sacramento suburbia are, too.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2024

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

Two queen’s men brought forth the Horn of Joramun, black and banded with old gold, eight feet long from end to end.

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