gold

modif.

1. Made of gold, or plated with gold

   golden, aurous, gilded, gilt, beaten gold, carat metal, 24-carat, 18-carat.

2. Of the color of gold

   yellow, aureate, gold-colored, red-gold, greenish gold, ochroid, flaxen, wheat-colored, deep tan, tawny.

gold

n.

1. A color

   deep yellow, ochroid, tawny; see color 1, gold, modif., sense 2.

2. A precious metal

   aurum (AU), green gold, white gold, red gold, gold foil, gold leaf, gold plate, filled gold, commercial gold, gold alloy, cloth of gold, gold cloth, gold thread, gold wire, gold lace, gold tooling, rolled gold, mosaic gold, Mannheim gold, German gold, dead gold, Etruscan gold, Roman gold, colored gold; see also metal.

as good as gold*