ˈgold-ˌcolour
The colour of gold; a deep yellow. Also attrib.
| 1678 Ray Willughby's Ornith. 368 A lovely yellow or gold-colour. 1791 Hamilton Berthollet's Dyeing II. ii. iii. vii, The wax is coloured..for aventurine or gold-colour with orpiment. 1854 Mrs. Gaskell North & S. xlvi, It's not a dead gold-colour, ma'am. It's a straw-colour. 1887 Lady 20 Jan. 38/3 A broad stripe of gold-colour plush. |
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| 1687 Lond. Gaz. No. 2214/4 A black Hat, with a gold coloured Hatband. 1728 ? Arbuthnot Congr. Bees Misc. Wks. (1751) II. 149 A gold-colour'd Flie. 1854 Mrs. Gaskell North & S. xlvi, Oh, Dixon! not those horrid blue flowers to that dead gold-coloured gown. What taste! |