About Metallic Gold Color and Meaning
Metallic Gold (Traditional Gold) color is a simulation of the color of the actual metallic gold element. Compared to the web color Gold Metallic Gold has a dark yellow shade. The American Heritage Dictionary defines metallic gold as "A light olive-brown to dark yellow, or a moderate, strong to vivid yellow".
Metallic Gold color psychology, emotion, and symbol
Gold is a flashy color that helps to gain attention and provides social confidence. The color gold represents wealth, luxury, high status, and class. Gold also symbolizes success winning, achievement, and accomplishment.
Metallic Gold color names in different languages:
| Spanish | Oro Metálico |
| French | Or Métallique |
| Portuguese | Ouro Metálico |
| German | Metallisches Gold |
What color is Metallic Gold?
Metallic Gold color belongs to the Yellow color family (hue). The hexadecimal color code(color number) for Metallic Gold is #D4AF37, and the RGB color code is RGB(212, 175, 55).
In the RGB color model, Metallic Gold has a red value of 212, a green value of 175, and a blue value of 55. The CMYK color model (also known as process color, used in color printing) comprises 0.0% cyan, 17.5% magenta, 74.1% yellow, and 16.9% key (black). The HSL color scale has a hue of 45.9° (degrees), 64.6 % saturation, and 52.4 % lightness. In the HSB/HSV color space, Metallic Gold has a hue of 45.9° (degrees), 74.1 % saturation and 83.1 % brightness/value.
Metallic Gold is cool or warm?
The color Metallic Gold is a warm color.
What is the LRV of Metallic Gold?
Metallic Gold has an LRV of nearly 45. By LRV value, it is a medium light color.
Light Reflectance Value (LRV) is a measure of how much visible light is reflected off a surface. It is a number on a scale of 0 to 100, with 0 being pure black and 100 being pure white. The higher the LRV, the more light the color reflects and the lighter it will appear.
Color Codes - Color Space Conversions
Metallic Gold color codes / color number / color space conversions - HEX, RGBA, CMYK, HSL, HSV/HSB, HYZ, CMY, HWB, RYB
RGBA / RGB
CMYK
HSL
HSL(45.86deg, 64.6 %, 52.4 %)
RYB
HSV/HSB
HWB
H: 45.86°
W: 21.57 %
B: 16.86 %
XYZ
X : 43.17
Y : 44.93
Z : 10.01
YXY
Y1 : 44.93
X : 0.44
Y2 : 0.46
CMY
C : 16.86%
M : 31.37%
Y : 78.43%
LRV
Munsell Color System
CIE-Lab
L : 72.85
A : 1.38
B : 62.91
CIE-Lch
L : 72.85
C : 62.93
H : 88.74
CIE-Luv
L : 72.85
U : 31.51
V : 69.02
Hunter-Lab
L : 67.03
A : -2.35
B : 38.07
Similar Colors and Paints
Named colors similar to Metallic Gold
Here are the colors similar to Metallic Gold . Delta E (ΔE) is the measure of the difference between two colors. Delta E is measured on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 means exact match, and 100 is the highest difference.
Similar colors from Pantone, RAL, and other color matching system
Pantone TCX
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British Standard 4800
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RAL Design
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Pantone PMS
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RAL Classic
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Pantone TPX
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Paint similar to Metallic Gold
Here are the best recommended paint colors similar to Metallic Gold . Delta E (ΔE) is the measure of the difference between two colors. Delta E is measured on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 means exact match, and 100 is the highest difference.
Dunn-Edwards
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PPG Paints
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Valspar
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Behr
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Sherwin Williams
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Benjamin Moore
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Color Combinations
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Monochromatic colors belong to the same hue angle but different tints and shades. Monochromatic color palette can be generated by keeping the exact hue of the base color and then changing the saturation and lightness.
Analogous colors are a group of colors adjacent to each other on a color wheel. Group of these adjacent colors forms Analogous color scheme Palette. Analogous Palette can be generated by increasing or decreasing the hue value by 30 points.
The triadic color palette has three colors separated by 120° in the RGB color wheel
The tetradic colour scheme composed of two sets of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
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