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Variations

Gold (metallic gold)

Web color gold vs. metallic gold

Metallic gold in interior design

Satin sheen gold

Old gold

Pale gold

Golden poppy

Sunglow

Golden yellow

Golden brown

Golden in nature

• The golden algae
  Golden algae
  
  The golden algae or chrysophytes are a large group of heterokont algae, found mostly in freshwater. Originally they were taken to include all such forms except the diatoms and multicellular brown algae, but since then they have been divided into several different groups based on pigmentation and cell structure....
   or chrysophytes are a large group of heterokont
  Heterokont
  
  The heterokonts or stramenopiles are a major line of eukaryotes presently containing about 10,500 known species. Most are algae, ranging from the giant multicellular kelp to the unicellular diatoms, which are a primary component of plankton....
   algae, found mostly in freshwater.

• The golden poppy and goldenrod
  Goldenrod
  
  The goldenrod is a yellow flowering plant in the Family Asteraceae....
   are popular flower
  Flower
  
  A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproduction structure found in flowering plants . The biological function of a flower is to mediate the union of male sperm with female ovum in order to produce seeds....
  s to cultivate in horticulture
  Horticulture
  
  'Horticulture' is the industry and science of plant cultivation. Horticulturists work and conduct research in the disciplines of plant propagation and cultivation, Crop , plant breeding and genetic engineering, plant biochemistry, and plant physiology....
  .

• The golden eagle
  Golden Eagle
  
  The Golden Eagle is one of the best known bird of prey in the Northern Hemisphere. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae. Once widespread across the Holarctic, it has disappeared from many of the more heavily populated areas....
   is a Northern Hemisphere
  Northern Hemisphere
  
  The Northern Hemisphere is the half of a planet that is north of the equator?the word sphere literally means 'half sphere'. It is also that half of the celestial sphere north of the celestial equator....
   bird of prey
  Bird of prey
  
  Birds of prey are birds that hunt for food primarily on the wing, using their keen senses, especially vision. Their claws and beaks tend to be relatively large, powerful and adapted for tearing and/or piercing flesh....
  .
• The golden retriever
  Golden Retriever
  
  The Golden Retriever is a dog breed of dog, historically developed as a gundog to retriever shot waterfowl and upland game during hunting. As such they were bred to have a soft mouth to retrieve game undamaged and an instinctive love of water....
   is a medium sized breed
  Dog breed
  
  Dog breeds are groups of closely related and visibly similar domestic dogs, which are all of the subspecies Canis lupus familiaris, having characteristic traits that are selected and maintained by humans, bred from a known foundation stock....
   of dog
  Dog
  
  The dog is a domesticated subspecies of the Gray Wolf, a member of the Canidae family of the order Carnivora. The term is used for both feral and pet varieties....
   that is one of the most popular companion animals.
• The golden toad
  Golden toad
  
  The golden toad was a small, shiny, bright true toad that was once abundant in a small region of high-altitude cloud-covered tropical forests, about 30 square kilometers in area, above the city of Monteverde, Costa Rica....
   was an amphibian
  Amphibian
  
  Amphibians , such as frogs, toads, salamanders, newts and caecilians, are cold-blooded animals that metamorphose from a juvenile, water-breathing form to an adult, air-breathing form....
   that used to live in Costa Rica
  Costa Rica
  
  Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the east and south, the Pacific Ocean to the west and south and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
   that is now extinct
  Extinction
  
  In biology and ecology, extinction is the death of every member of a species or group of taxon. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of that species ....
  .
• The goldfish
  Goldfish
  
  The goldfish is a domesticated version of the Prussian carp , a dark-gray/brown carp native to Asia. It was first bred for color in China over 1,000 years ago....
   is was one of the earliest fish to be domesticated, and is still one of the most commonly kept aquarium fish and water garden fish.

Golden in human culture

• Beer
  Beer
  
  Beer is the world's oldest and most widely consumed alcoholic beverage and the third most popular drink overall after water and tea. It is produced by the brewing and Fermentation of starches, mainly derived from cereal?the most common of which is malted barley, although wheat, maize , and rice are widely used....
   is poetically
  Poetry
  
  Poetry is a form of literature art in which language is used for its aesthetics and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning ....
   called the golden brew.

• The Golden House
  Domus Aurea
  
  The Domus Aurea was a large landscaped portico villa, designed to take advantage of artificially created landscapes built in the heart of Ancient Rome by the Roman Empire Nero after the Great fire of Rome, which devastated Ancient Rome in 64 AD, had cleared away the aristocratic dwellings on the slopes of the Esquiline Hill....
   was a 300 room palace
  Palace
  
  A palace is a grand residence, especially a royal residence or the home of a head of state or some other high-ranking dignitary, such as a bishop or archbishop....
   in which the Roman Emperor
  Roman Emperor
  
  The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman Empire during the imperial period . The Romans had no single term for the office: Latin language titles such as imperator , Augustus , Caesar and princeps were all associated with it....
   Nero
  Nero
  
  Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus , born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, also called Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus, was the fifth and final Roman emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty....
   held parties
  Party
  
  A party is a gathering of persons who have been invited by a host for the purposes of socializing, conversation, and recreation. A party will typically feature eating and Drinking#Alcoholic beverages, and often music and dancing as well....
   organized by his official party planner Petronius
  Petronius
  
  Gaius Petronius Arbiter was a Roman Empire courtier during the reign Nero. He is speculated to be the author of the Satyricon, a satire believed to have been written during the Neronian age....
  .

• Lion
  Lion
  
  The lion is a member of the family Felidae and one of four big cats in the genus Panthera. With exceptionally large males exceeding 250 kg in weight, it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger....
  s are colored golden in art as a symbol of monarchy
  Monarchy
  
  A monarchy is a form of government in which supreme power is absolutely or nominally lodged in an individual, who is the head of state, often for Life tenure or until abdication, and "is wholly set apart from all other members of the state." The person who heads a monarchy is called a monarch....
  . The golden Lion was the symbol of the British Empire
  British Empire
  
  The British Empire comprised the dominions, Crown colony, protectorates, League of Nations mandate, and other Dependent territory ruled or administered by the United Kingdom , that had originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries....
   and is on the Coat of Arms
  Coat of arms
  
  A coat of arms, more properly called an armorial achievement, armorial bearings or often just arms for short, in European tradition, is a design belonging to a particular person and used by them in a wide variety of ways....
   of the United Kingdom
  United Kingdom
  
  The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
  .
• The artist Gustav Klimt
  Gustav Klimt
  
  Gustav Klimt was an Austrian Symbolism and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Art Nouveau movement. His major works include paintings, murals, Sketch , and other art objects, many of which are on display in the Vienna Secession gallery....
   often used the color metallic gold in his paintings.
• Metallic gold was often used in Byzantine art
  Byzantine art
  
  Byzantine art is the term commonly used to describe the artistic products of the Byzantine Empire from about the 4th century until the Fall of Constantinople in 1453....
  .
• The golden ratio
  Golden ratio
  
  In mathematics and the arts, two quantities are in the golden ratio if the ratio between the sum of those quantities and the larger one is the same as the ratio between the larger one and the smaller....
   is often used in art, graphic design
  Graphic design
  
  The term graphic design can refer to a number of artistic and professional disciplines which focus on visual communication and presentation. Various methods are used to create and combine symbols, images and/or words to create a visual representation of ideas and messages....
  , and architecture
  Architecture
  
  The term architecture can refer to a process, a profession or documentation.As a process, architecture is the activity of designing and construction buildings and other physical structures by a person or a computer, primarily to provide shelter....
  , as well as appearing in nature among living things.

• The highest award for achievement in many fields is called the Gold medal
  Gold medal
  
  A gold medal is typically the highest medal awarded for achievement in a non-military field. The concept comes from the military, initially with a simple recognition of military rank, and later decorations for admission to military orders dating back to medieval times....
  .

• In finance
  Finance
  
  The field of finance refers to the concepts of time, money and risk and how they are interrelated. Banks are the main facilitators of funding through the provision of credit, although private equity, mutual funds, hedge funds, and other organizations have become important....
  , golden symbolizes of course the element Gold
  Gold
  
  Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and atomic number 79. It is a highly sought-after precious metal, having been used as money, as a store of value, in jewelry, in sculpture, and for ornamentation since the beginning of recorded history....
  , the standard of monetary value throughout human history.
• In monetary policy
  Monetary policy
  
  Monetary policy is the process by which the government, central bank, or monetary authority of a country controls the supply of money, availability of money, and cost of money or rate of interest, in order to attain a set of objectives oriented towards the growth and stability of the economy....
  , the gold standard
  Gold standard
  
  The gold standard is a monetary system in which a region's common media of exchange are paper notes that are normally freely convertible into pre-set, fixed quantities of gold....
   is a monetary system
  Monetary system
  
  A monetary system secures the proper functioning of money by regulating economic agents, transaction types, and money supply.Monetary systems are traditionally formed by the policy decisions of individual governments and administrated as a domestic economic issue....
   in which the standard economic
  Economics
  
  File:Ballard Farmers' Market - vegetables.jpgEconomics is the Social sciences that studies the Production theory basics, Distribution , and Consumption of Good and Service ....
   unit of account
  Unit of account
  
  A unit of account is a standard monetary unit of measurement of the market value/cost of goods, services, or assets. It is one of three well-known functions of money....
   is a fixed weight of gold.
• Gold
  Gold as an investment
  
  File:Reserves of foreign exchange and gold.PNGOf all the precious metals, gold is the most popular as an investment. Investors generally buy gold as a hedge or safe haven against any economic, political, social, or currency-based crises....
   is a popular investment
  Investment
  
  Investment or investing is a term with several closely-related meanings in business management, finance and economics, related to Saving or deferring Consumption ....
   throughout the world.
• In stock market
  Stock market
  
  A stock market, or equity market, is a private or public Market system for the trade of Corporation stock and Derivative s of company stock at an agreed price; these are security listed on a stock exchange as well as those only traded privately....
   terminology, a golden share
  Golden Share
  
  A Golden Share is a nominal share which is able to outvote all other shares in certain specified circumstances, often held by a government organization, in a government company undergoing the process of privatization and transformation into a stock-company....
   is a nominal share which is able to outvote all other shares in certain specified circumstances, often held by a government organization, in a government company undergoing the process of privatization
  Privatization
  
  Privatization is the incidence or process of transferring ownership of business from the public sector to the private sector . In a broader sense, privatization refers to transfer of any government function to the private sector including governmental functions like revenue collection and law enforcement....
   and transformation into a stock-company.
• In marketing
  Marketing
  
  Marketing is defined by the American Marketing Association as the activity, set of institutions, and processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large....
  , the term Gold Standard refers to a product that so satisfies the consumer
  Consumer
  
  Consumer is a broad label that refers to any individuals or household that use Good generated within the economic system. The concept of a consumer is used in different contexts, so that the usage and significance of the term may vary....
   that it functions as a standard for all other products of the same type.
• In human resources
  Human resources
  
  Human resources is a term with which organizations describe the combination of traditionally administrative personnel functions with performance, Employee Relations and Resource planning....
  , a business executive or profession
  Profession
  
  "A profession is a vocation founded upon specialised educational training, the purpose of which is to supply disinterested counsel and service to others, for a direct and definite compensation, wholly apart from expectation of other business gain"....
  al who has an employment contract
  Employment contract
  
  A contract of employment is a category of contract used in labour law to attribute right and responsibilities between parties to a bargain. On the one end stands an "employee" who is "employed" by an "employer"....
   that gives them a generous severance pay is said to have a golden parachute
  Golden parachute
  
  A golden parachute is an agreement between a company and an employee specifying that the employee will receive certain significant benefits if employment is terminated....
  .
• In executive compensation
  Executive compensation
  
  Executive compensation is how top executives of business corporations are paid. This includes a basic salary, bonuses, shares, options and other company benefits....
  , a golden coffin is a package of benefits that continues to accrue to the heirs of a CEO even after the CEO has died
  Death
  
  Death is the permanent termination of the biological functions that define a life organism. It refers to both a particular event and to the condition that results thereby....
  .
• In advertising
  Advertising
  
  Advertising is a form of communication that typically attempts to persuade potential customers to Purchasing or to consume more of a particular brand of Product or Service ....
   for the Union Pacific Railroad
  Union Pacific Railroad
  
  The Union Pacific Railroad , headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, is the largest railroad network in the United States. James R. Young is president, CEO and Chairman....
   in the 1950s, the southwestern states
  Southwestern United States
  
  The Southwestern area of the United States could be defined as the states west of the Mississippi River, with the qualification of a certain northern limit, such as the 37th parallel north, 38th parallel north, 39th parallel north, or 40th parallel north line....
   of the United States
  United States
  
  The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
   served by the Union Pacific were collectively called The Golden Empire because the railroad's diesel engines were and are colored golden, red, and black. Ads with maps showing the Union Pacific's Golden Empire colored golden were placed in many popular mass-circulation magazines.

• Blonde hair in women (or sometimes men) is sometimes referred to poetically as golden. It is estimated by geneticist
  Geneticist
  
  A geneticist is a scientist who studies genetics, the science of heredity and genetic variation of organisms. A geneticist can be employed as a researcher or lecturer....
  s that the gene
  Gene
  
  A gene is the basic unit of heredity in a living organism. All living things depend on genes. Genes hold the information to build and maintain their cell and pass genetic trait to offspring....
   for blonde hair originated about 3000 BC in the area now known as Lithuania
  Lithuania
  
  Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the southernmost of the three Baltic states. Situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland, and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest....
   among the recently arrived Proto-Indo-European
  Proto-Indo-Europeans
  
  The Proto-Indo-Europeans were the speakers of the Proto-Indo-European language, and likely lived around 4000 BC, during the Copper Age and the Bronze Age, or possibly earlier, during the Neolithic or Paleolithic eras....
   settlers of the area (Lithuania is still the country that has the highest percentage of people with blonde hair); it is thought the gene spread quickly through sexual selection
  Sexual selection
  
  Sexual selection is the theory proposed by Charles Darwin that states that certain evolutionary traits can be explained by intraspecific competition....
   into Scandinavia
  Scandinavia
  
  Scandinavia is a historical and geographical subregion in northern Europe that includes the Scandinavian Peninsula. It consists of the kingdoms of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark; some authorities also include Finland and some might even include Iceland....
   when that area was settled because men found women with blonde hair attractive.

• A past era
  Era
  
  An era is a commonly used word for long period of time. When used in science, for example geology, eras denote clearly defined periods of time of arbitrary but well defined length, such as for example the Mesozoic era from 252 Ma?66 Ma, delimited by a start event and an end event....
   during which the highest quality art was produced or in mythology
  Mythology
  
  The word mythology refers to a body of folklore/myths/legends that a particular culture believes to be true and that often use the supernatural to interpret natural events and to explain the nature of the universe and humanity....
   during which humans were believed to have lived a Utopia
  Utopia
  
  Utopia is a name for an ideal community or society, taken from the Utopia written in 1516 by Sir Thomas More describing a fictional island in the Atlantic Ocean, possessing a seemingly perfect social system-politics-legal system....
  n lifestyle, is called a golden age
  Golden age
  
  The term Golden age in ancient Greece mythology and legend but can also be found in other ancient cultures . It refers either to the highest age in the Greek spectrum of Iron, Bronze, Silver and Golden ages, or to a time in the beginnings of Humanity which was perceived as an ideal state, or utopia, when mankind was pure and immortal....
  .

• The Golden Triangle
  Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia)
  
  The Golden Triangle is one of Asia's two main illicit opium-producing areas. It is an area of around 350,000 square kilometres that overlaps the mountains of four countries of Southeast Asia: Myanmar , Laos, Vietnam, and Thailand....
   and the Golden Crescent
  Golden Crescent
  
  The Golden Crescent is the name given to one of Asia's two principal areas of illicit opium production, located at the crossroads of Central Asia, South Asia, and Western Asia....
   are areas in Asia
  Asia
  
  Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
   where large quantities of opium
  Opium
  
  Opium is a narcotic formed from the latex released by lacerating the immature seed pods of Opium poppy . It contains up to 12% morphine, an opiate alkaloid, which is most frequently processed chemically to produce heroin for the illegal drug trade....
   are grown.
• The Golden Triangle of Mexico is composed of the three Mexican
  Mexico
  
  The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
   states of Sinaloa
  Sinaloa
  
  Sinaloa is one of the 31 mexican state of Mexico....
  , Durango
  Durango
  
  Durango is one of the constituent states of Mexico. Its population is 1,509,118. It has Mexico's second-lowest population density, after Baja California Sur....
  , and Chihuahua, where Mexican drug lord
  Drug lord
  
  A drug lord or drug baron is the term used to describe a person who controls a sizable network of persons involved in the illegal drugs trade....
  s engage in a murder
  Murder
  
  Murder as defined in common law countries, is the unlawful killing of another human being with intent , and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide....
  ous rivalry for control of the drug importation routes north into the United States
  United States
  
  The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
  .

• In K-12 education
  Education
  
  File:Inukshuk Monterrey 1.jpgEducation can be seen as a product or a process and considered in a broad sense or a technical sense. According to philosophy of education George F....
  , when students do well on an assignment, the teacher sometimes gives them a gold star by their name on the classroom bulletin board.

• On 26 September 1580, Sir Francis Drake returned to England
  England
  
  native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
  , becoming the second person to circumnavigate the globe
  Earth
  
  Earth is the third planet from the Sun. Earth is the largest of the terrestrial planets in the Solar System in diameter, mass and density. It is also referred to as the World and Wiktionary:Terra.Note that by International Astronomical Union convention, the term "Terra" is used for naming extensive land masses, rather...
  . His ship was called the Golden Hind
  Golden Hind
  
  The Golden Hind was an England galleon best known for its global circumnavigation between 1577 and 1580, captained by Sir Francis Drake. She was originally known as the Pelican, but was later renamed by Drake mid-voyage in 1577, as he prepared to enter the Strait of Magellan, calling it the Golden Hind to compliment his patron,...
  e.

• The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs
  The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs
  
  The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs is one of many fables attributed to Aesop. It is very popular, as are many of his fables, which also include The Fox and the Grapes, The Boy Who Cried Wolf, and The Tortoise and the Hare....
   is one of many fables attributed to Aesop
  Aesop
  
  File:Aesop pushkin01.jpgAesop , known only for the genre of fables ascribed to him, was by tradition a Slavery in Ancient Greece who was a contemporary of Croesus and Peisistratos in the mid-6th century BC in ancient Greece....
  .

• The Golden Globe Awards are American
  United States
  
  The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
   awards for motion pictures
  Film
  
  Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
   and television program
  Television program
  
  A television program , television programme , or television show is something that people watch on television. It may be a one-off broadcast or, more usually, part of a periodically recurring television series....
  s, given out each year during a formal dinner.
• The Golden Raspberry Awards
  Golden Raspberry Awards
  
  The Golden Raspberry Awards, frequently called the Razzies, were created by John Wilson in 1980 , intended to counterpoint the Academy Awards by dishonoring the worst acting, screenwriting, songwriting, directing, and films that the film industry had to offer....
   have been given out each year since 1980 for the worst Hollywood
  Cinema of the United States
  
  United States cinema has had a profound effect on cinema across the world since the early 20th century. Its history is sometimes separated into four main periods: the silent film era, Classical Hollywood cinema, New Hollywood, and the contemporary period ....
   productions and performances.
• The Golden Turkey Awards
  The Golden Turkey Awards
  
  The Golden Turkey Awards is a 1980 book by film critic Michael Medved and his brother Harry Medved. This book is credited with giving the movie Plan 9 from Outer Space by Edward D....
   is a 1980 book by film critic Michael Medved
  Michael Medved
  
  Michael Medved is an United States radio personality and is a pundit , film critic, and author. He identifies himself as Conservatism in the United States....
   and his brother Harry Medved. The book awards the fictional "Golden Turkey Awards" to film
  Film
  
  Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
  s that the Medveds feel are poor in quality.
• The Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival
  Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival
  
  The Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival , held annually since 1963 in Antalya, is the most important national film festival in Turkey. The event, jointly organized by the Foundation of Culture and Arts in Antalya takes place in the autumn months at the Antalya Cultural Center ....
   is the most important national film festival
  Film festival
  
  A film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues, usually in a single locality....
   in Turkey
  Turkey
  
  Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
  . Since 2005, the festival is accompanied by the International Eurasia Film Festival
  International Eurasia Film Festival
  
  International Eurasia Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Antalya, Turkey in autumn. More than 200 films of every genre, length and format from different countries all over the world are screened as a part of the whole event....
  .

• Common golden foods include maize
  Maize
  
  Maize , known as corn in some countries, is a cereal domesticated in Mesoamerica and subsequently spread throughout the American continents....
   (the grain
  GRAIN
  
  GRAIN is an international non-governmental organization based in Barcelona, Spain, which works toward sustainable agriculture. It was formed upon the realization that the genetic diversity of the world's food crops are being drastically eliminated....
   that is called corn in America
  North America
  
  North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
  ), sweet potato
  Sweet potato
  
  The 'sweet potato' is a dicotyledonous plant which belongs to the family Convolvulaceae. Amongst the approximately 50 genera and more than 1000 species of this family, only I....
  es (their interior flesh), butternut squash
  Butternut squash
  
  Butternut squash , also known in Australia as Butternut pumpkin, is a type of winter squash . It has a sweet, nutty taste that is similar to pumpkin....
  , and so-called white wine and "white" grape juice
  Grape juice
  
  Grape juice is a juice obtained from crushing grapes. The juice is often fermentation and made into wine, brandy, or vinegar. In the wine industry grape juice which contains 7-23 percent of pulp, skins, stems and seeds, is often referred to as "must"....
  .
• When fried chicken
  Fried chicken
  
  Fried chicken is chicken which is dipped in a breading mixture and then deep frying, frying or pressure frying. The breading seals in the juices but also absorbs the fat of the fryer....
   or waffle
  Waffle
  
  A waffle is a Batter -based cake or dough-based bread cooked in a waffle iron patterned to give a distinctive and characteristic shape. There are dozens of European regional variations based on the type and shape of the iron and the recipe used....
  s are done just right, they are said to be golden brown.
• The Yukon Gold potato
  Yukon Gold potato
  
  Yukon Gold is a cultivar of potato closely akin to the Yellow Finn. Unlike the Yellow Finn, Yukon Golds are larger, with golden, buttery-tasting waxy flesh....
   is popular for making mashed potatoes because of its buttery flavor.
• Golden Oreos are composed of vanilla
  Vanilla
  
  Vanilla is a flavoring derived from orchids of the genus Vanilla native to Mexico. Etymologically, vanilla derives from the Spanish language word "", little pod....
   instead of chocolate
  Chocolate
  
  Chocolate comprises a number of raw and processed foods that are produced from the seed of the tropical cacao tree.Chocolate has become one of the most popular flavors in the world....
   cookies with a vanilla cream filling.
• Golden raisins are dried grape
  Grape
  
  File:Table grapes on white.jpgA grape is the non-Climacteric #In_botany fruit that grows on the Perennial plant and deciduous woody vines of the genus Vitis....
  s that have been treated with sulfur dioxide
  Sulfur dioxide
  
  Sulfur dioxide is the chemical compound with the formula SO2. It is produced by volcanoes and in various industrial processes. Since coal and petroleum often contain sulfur compounds, their combustion generates sulfur dioxide....
   and flame-dried.

• South Sea Pearls, which have historically been cultured in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, in the countries of Myanmar, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Northern Australia but mostly attributed to the former thalassocratic
  Thalassocracy
  
  The term thalassocracy refers to a state with primarily maritime realms?an empire at sea, such as the Phoenician network of merchant cities....
   Sultanate of Sulu have a gold colored variety from the Pinctada maxima Pearl oyster
  Pearl oyster
  
  Pinctada is a genus of pearl oysters. These are saltwater clams, Marine bivalve mollusks of the genus Pinctada in the family Pteriidae....
  . This golden pearl is the national gemstone of the Philippine Republic This can now be manufactured in the laboratory
  Laboratory
  
  A laboratory is a facility that provides controlled conditions in which science research, experiments, and measurement may be performed. The title of laboratory is also used for certain other facilities where the processes or equipment used are similar to those in scientific laboratories....
   at a much lower cost.

• Golden rice
  Golden rice
  
  Golden rice is a variety of Oryza sativa rice produced through genetic engineering to biosynthesis beta-carotene, a precursor of pro-retinol in the edible parts of rice....
   is a variety of rice
  Rice
  
  Rice is a staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in tropical Latin America, and East Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia, making it the second-most consumed cereal grain, after maize....
   produced through genetic engineering
  Genetic engineering
  
  Engineering There are a number of ways through which genetic engineering is accomplished. Essentially, the process has five main steps# Isolation of the genes of interest...
   to biosynthesize
  Biosynthesis
  
  Biosynthesis is a phenomenon wherein chemical compounds are produced from simpler reagents. Biosynthesis, unlike chemosynthesis, takes place within living organisms and is generally catalyst by enzymes....
   the precursors of beta-carotene
  Beta-carotene
  
  ?-Carotene is an organic compound - a terpenoid, a red-orange pigment abundant in plants and fruits. As a carotene with ?-rings at both ends, it is the most common form of carotene....
   (pro-vitamin A
  Retinol
  
  Retinol, the animal form of vitamin A, is a fat-soluble vitamin important in visual system and bone growth. It is also a Terpenoid. Retinol is among the most useable forms of vitamin A, which also include Retinal , Retinoic acid and retinyl ester ....
  ) in the edible parts of rice.

• California
  California
  
  California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
   is called the Golden State because California is where the California Gold Rush
  California Gold Rush
  
  The California Gold Rush began on January 24, 1848, when gold was discovered by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill, in Coloma, California, California....
   began in 1849.
• The Golden Gate
  Golden Gate
  
  The Golden Gate is the North American strait connecting San Francisco Bay to the Pacific Ocean. Since 1937 it has been spanned by the Golden Gate Bridge....
   (the strait that connects the Pacific Ocean
  Pacific Ocean
  
  The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portugal explorer Ferdinand Magellan....
   to San Francisco Bay
  San Francisco Bay
  
  San Francisco Bay is a shallow, productive estuary through which water draining from approximately forty percent of California, flowing in the Sacramento River and San Joaquin River rivers from the Sierra Nevada mountains, enters the Pacific Ocean....
  ), was named on 1 July 1846 by explorer John C. Frémont
  John C. Frémont
  
  John Charles Fr?mont , was an United States military Commissioned officer, List of explorers, the first candidate of the History of United States Republican Party for the office of President of the United States, and the first presidential candidate of a major party to run on a platform in opposition to slavery....
   who wrote, "To this Gate I gave the name of Chrysopylae, or Golden Gate; for the same reasons that the harbor of Byzantium
  Byzantium
  
  Byzantium was an Ancient Greece city, which was founded by Greeks colonists from Megara in 667 BC and named after their king Byzas or Byzantas ....
   was called Chrysoceras, or Golden Horn
  Golden Horn
  
  The Golden Horn is an inlet of the Bosphorus dividing the city of Istanbul and forming a natural harbor....
  ."
• The Golden Gate Bridge
  Golden Gate Bridge
  
  The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening of the San Francisco Bay onto the Pacific Ocean. As part of both U.S....
   is cited by the American Society of Civil Engineers
  American Society of Civil Engineers
  
  The American Society of Civil Engineers is a professional body founded in 1852 to represent members of the civil engineering profession worldwide....
   as one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World.
• In Cantonese
  Standard Cantonese
  
  Standard Cantonese, or Guangzhou dialect, is the prestige dialect of Cantonese language. It is used in Hong Kong and Macau as the spoken language of government and instruction in the schools....
  , Northern California
  Northern California
  
  Northern California or Nor Cal is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento, California; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the Sequoia forests, the North Coast, California, the Big Sur coastline area, the Sierra Nevada including Yosem...
   is called Gum Shan (Gold Mountain) (Mandarin
  Standard Mandarin
  
  Standard Mandarin, or Standard Chinese, is the official modern Spoken Chinese used in People's Republic of China and Republic of China, and is one of the four official languages of Languages of Singapore....
  : Jin Shan) because of the gold fields the Forty-Niners travelled to and because Chinese American
  Chinese American
  
  Chinese Americans are United States of Han Chinese descent. Chinese Americans constitute one group of Overseas Chinese and also a subgroup of East Asian Americans, which is further a subgroup of Asian Americans....
  s regarded it as a place to get rich
  Wealth
  
  Wealth is an abundance of valuable material possessions or resources. The word is derived from the old English wela, which is from an Indo-European word stem....
   by starting their own business
  Small business
  
  A small business is a business that is independently owned and operated, with a small number of employees and relatively low volume of sales. The legal definition of "small" often varies by country and industry, but is generally under 100 employees in the United States and under 50 employees in the European Union....
  .
• Golden, Colorado
  Golden, Colorado
  
  The historic City of Golden is a Colorado municipalities#Home_Rule_Municipality that is the county seat of Jefferson County, Colorado, Colorado, United States....
  , a suburb
  Suburb
  
  Suburbs are commonly defined as the residential areas which surround the central area of the urban area of a town or city. In the United States, suburbs have a prevalence of usually detached single-family homes.....
   of Denver, is most noted for being the headquarters of the Coors Brewing Company
  Coors Brewing Company
  
  The Coors Brewing Company is a regional division of the world's fifth-largest brewery, the Molson Coors Brewing Company. According to the Molson-Coors website, the division is the third-largest brewer in the U.S....
  . Also, appropriately, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory
  National Renewable Energy Laboratory
  
  The National Renewable Energy Laboratory , located in Golden, Colorado, as part of the U.S. Department of Energy, is the United States' primary laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development....
  , which does research on solar energy, is located in Golden, Colorado.
• Before Ghana
  Ghana
  
  The Republic of Ghana is a country in West Africa. It borders C?te d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south....
   became independent in 1957, it was a British colony called Gold Coast
  Gold Coast (British colony)
  
  Gold Coast was a United Kingdom colony on the Gulf of Guinea in west Africa that became the independent nation of Ghana in 1957.The first European ethnic groupss to arrive at the coast were the Portugal, in 1471....
  .
• In ancient Sanskrit
  Sanskrit
  
  Sanskrit is a historical Indo-Aryan language, one of the liturgical languages of Hinduism and Buddhism, and one of the 22 official languages of India....
  , the area we now call Southeast Asia
  Southeast Asia
  
  Southeast Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India and north of Australia....
   (including both mainland Southeast Asia and the area now known as Maritime Asia [i.e., Malaysia
  Malaysia
  
  Malaysia is a federation that consists of States of Malaysia in Southeast Asia with a total landmass of . The capital city is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government....
  , Indonesia
  Indonesia
  
  The Republic of Indonesia , is a transcontinental country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Comprising Islands of Indonesia, it is the world's largest Archipelago state....
  , and the Philippines
  Philippines
  
  The Philippines, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. It comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean....
  ) was referred to by the people of ancient India
  India
  
  India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
   as Suvarnadvipa, which means Golden island (suvarna=golden; dvipa=island). The name Suvarnadvipa comes originally from the fact that there were rich gold deposits on the island
  Island
  
  An island or isle is any piece of land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls are called islets....
   of Sumatra
  Sumatra
  
  Sumatra is an island in western Indonesia, westernmost of the Sunda Islands. It is the largest island entirely in Indonesia , and the list of islands by area in the world ....
  . The Greek geographer
  Geographer
  
  A geographer is a scientist whose area of study is geography, the study of Earth's physical natural environment and human habitat .Though geographers are historically known as people who make maps, map making is actually the field of study of cartography, a subset of geography....
   Ptolemy
  Ptolemy
  
  Claudius Ptolemaeus , known in English as Ptolemy , was a Roman Greek mathematics, Greek astronomy, geographer and astrologer. He lived in History of Roman Egypt, and was probably born there in a town in the Thebaid called Ptolemais Hermiou; he died in Alexandria around 168 AD....
   mistakenly applied the Ancient Greek
  Ancient greek language
  
  #REDIRECT Ancient Greek...
   name for gold, Chryse, to the adjacent country
  Country
  
  Country may refer to the territory of a state, or to a smaller, or former, political division of a geographical region. In another meaning of the word, the country is also a term used to refer to rural areas....
   of Malaya
  Malay Peninsula
  
  The Malay Peninsula or Thai-Malay Peninsula is a major peninsula located in Southeast Asia. It is also known as the Kra Peninsula and runs approximately north-south through the Kra Isthmus....
  .
• In the traditional national anthem
  National anthem
  
  A national anthem is a generally patriotism musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history, traditions and struggles of its people, recognized either by a nation's government as the official national song, or by convention through use by the people....
   of Iran
  Iran
  
  Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and formerly known internationally as Persian Empire until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia, located on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf and the southern shore of the Caspian Sea....
  , Iran is called our golden country. The first lines of the anthem are: "Oh Iran, our golden country, your land is the wellspring of art. Let the thoughts of your enemies be far from you."
• In Texas
  Texas
  
  Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....
  , the area in the southeastern portion of the state is often called the Golden Triangle
  Golden Triangle
  
  Golden Triangle may refer to:...
   for its great economic wealth in the petrolium, natural gas
  Natural gas
  
  Natural gas is a gas consisting primarily of methane. It is found associated with fossil fuels, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is created by methanogenic organisms in marshes, bogs, and landfills....
   and chemical industry.

• A senior citizen
  Senior citizen
  
  Senior citizen is a general designation for persons who have reached a certain age, which may vary by different standards. It is often used for legal or policy-related reasons in determining who is eligible for certain benefits available to the age group....
   is sometimes called a golden ager.

• The Golden Gate (Porta Aurea) was the Imperial
  Empire
  
  Empire derives from the Latin word imperium, denoting ?military command? in Roman. Politically, an empire is a geographically extensive group of states and peoples united and ruled either by a monarch or an oligarchy....
   entrance gate of the Walls of Constantinople
  Walls of Constantinople
  
  The Walls of Constantinople are a series of stone walls that have surrounded and protected the city of Constantinople since its founding as the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire by Constantine the Great....
   and the largest among the 55 gates around the city walls which protected Constantinople
  Constantinople
  
  Constantinople was the empire capital of the Roman Empire , the Byzantine Empire , the Latin Empire , and the Ottoman Empire . Strategically located between the Golden Horn and the Sea of Marmara at the point where Europe meets Asia, Byzantine Constantinople had been the capital of a Christendom empire, successor to ancient ancient Greece...
   (present-day Istanbul
  Istanbul
  
  Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, List of metropolitan areas in Europe by population, and List of cities proper by population in the world with a population of 12.6 million....
  ). It had three arch
  Arch
  
  An arch is a structure that Span a space while supporting weight . Arches appeared as early as the 2nd millennium BC in Mesopotamian brick architecture, but their systematic use started with the Ancient Rome who were the first to apply the technique to a wide range of structures....
  es and was plated in solid gold.
• The Golden Horde
  Golden Horde
  
  The Golden Horde is a East-Slavic designation for the Mongol?later Turkic languages?Muslim khanate established in the western part of the Mongol Empire after the Mongol invasion of Rus' in the 1240s: present-day Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Kazakhstan, and the Caucasus....
   was a Mongol khanate
  Khanate
  
  Khanate or Chanat is a Turkic language-originated word used to describe a political entity ruled by a Khan . In modern Turkish the word used is hanlik, and in Azeri, xanliq....
   that ruled southern Russia
  Russia
  
  Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
   in the 13th century.

• Golden represents the warmth of the sun
  Sun
  
  The Sun , a G V star, is the star at the center of the Solar System. The Earth and other matter orbit the Sun, which by itself accounts for about 98.6% of the Solar System's mass....
  , and because of this it is the favorite color for painting kitchen
  Kitchen
  
  A kitchen, is a room or part of a room used for food preparation including cooking, and sometimes also for eating and entertaining guests, if the kitchen is large enough and designed to be used that way....
  s because many feel that having their breakfast
  Breakfast
  
  Breakfast is a meal eaten after a long period of sleep, most often eaten in the morning. The word came about because it means breaking the fast after one has not eaten since the night before....
   and morning coffee
  Coffee
  
  Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted seeds, commonly called coffee beans, of the Coffea. Caffeinated coffee has a stimulating effect in humans....
   in a golden kitchen gives them the energy they need to start the day.
• Golden is a warm color that can both provide not only a bright and cheerful feeling but also a somber, traditional, and religious aura. Golden tends to go well with earth colors, but it can also enrich a palette
  Palette
  
  A 'palette' is: a surface on which a painter mixes colour pigments. A palette may be made of wood, glass, plastic, ceramic tile or other inert material and can vary greatly in size and shape....
   of red
  Red
  
  Red is any of a number of similar colors evoked by light consisting predominantly of the longest wavelengths of light discernible by the human eye, in the wavelength range of roughly 625?740 Nanometer....
   or burgundy
  Burgundy (color)
  
  Burgundy is a shade of purple red associated with the Burgundy wine of the same name, which in turn is named after the Burgundy region of France....
  .

• The Lei Áurea
  Lei Áurea
  
  The Lei ?urea , adopted on May 13, 1888, was the law that abolished slavery in Brazil in Brazil. It was preceded by the Rio Branco Law of September 28, 1871, which freed all children born to slave parents, and by Law Saraiva-Cotegipe, of September 28, 1885....
   (Golden Law), adopted on May 13, 1888, was the law that abolished slavery
  Slavery in Brazil
  
  Slavery in Brazil shaped the country's social structure and ethnical landscape. During the Colonialism and for over six decades after the Independence of Brazil, slavery was a mainstay of the Economic history of Brazil, especially in mining and sugar cane production....
   in Brazil
  Brazil
  
  Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
  .

• The capital city
  Capital City
  
  Capital City was a television show produced by Euston Films which focused on the lives of investment bankers in London living and working on the corporate trading floor for the fictional international bank Shane-Longman....
   of Atlantis
  Atlantis
  
  Atlantis is a legendary island first mentioned in Plato's dialogues Timaeus and Critias .In Plato's account, Atlantis was a naval power lying "in front of the Pillars of Hercules" that conquered many parts of Western Europe and Africa 9,000 years before the time of Solon, or approximately 9600 BC....
   is said to have been called The City of the Golden Gates. Because of this, (and because of the existence of the Transamerica Pyramid
  Transamerica Pyramid
  
  The Transamerica Pyramid is the tallest and most recognizable skyscraper in the San Francisco, California skyline.Although the building no longer houses the headquarters of the Transamerica Corporation, it is still strongly associated with the company and is depicted in the company's logo....
  , which is like the pyramid
  Pyramid
  
  A pyramid is a building where the outer surfaces are triangular and converge at a point. The base of pyramids are usually quadrilateral or trilateral , meaning that a pyramid usually has four or five faces....
   that is said to have existed as one of the major structure
  Structure
  
  Structure is a fundamental and sometimes intangible notion covering the recognition, observation, nature , and stability of patterns and relationships of entities....
  s in the City of the Golden Gates, it is thought by some New Age
  New Age
  
  New Age is a decentralized western culture social movement and new religious movement that seeks universality Truth and the attainment of the highest individual human potential....
   people that a number of the inhabitants of San Francisco (the City by the Golden Gate) are reincarnated
  Reincarnation
  
  Reincarnation, literally "to be made flesh again", is a doctrine or Metaphysics belief that some essential part of a living being survives death to be reborn in a new body....
   from Atlantis.

• The Golden Ass by Lucius Apuleius, written in the second century AD, is a classic satire
  Satire
  
  Satire is often strictly defined as a literary genre; although, in practice, it is also found in the graphic arts and performing arts. In satire, human or individual vices, follies, abuses, or shortcomings are held up to censure by means of ridicule, derision, burlesque, irony, or other methods, ideally with the intent to bring about improv...
   of life in the Roman Empire
  Roman Empire
  
  The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
  
• The Golden Legend
  Golden Legend
  
  The Golden Legend, Legenda Aurea, or Legenda Sanctorum by Jacobus de Voragine is a collection of fanciful hagiography or lives of the saints, that became a late Middle Ages bestseller....
  , compiled around the year 1260 by Jacopo da Varagine
  Jacobus de Voragine
  
  Blessed Jacobus de Varagine or Voragine...
   is a collection of fanciful hagiographies
  Hagiography
  
  Hagiography is the study of saints. A hagiography, from Greek ' and ' , refers literally to writings on the subject of such holy people, and specifically the biography of ecclesiastical and secular leaders....
   or lives of the saint
  Saint
  
  A saint in Christianity is a human being who has been called to holiness. The term is used differently by various denominations, with some, such as the Anglicans, Methodists, and Lutherans distinguishing between Saints and saints....
  s, that became a late medieval
  Middle Ages
  
  File:Karl 1 mit papst gelasius gregor1 sacramentar v karl d kahlen.jpgThe Middle Ages of European history are a period in history which lasted for roughly a millennium, commonly dated from the fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th century to the beginning of the Early Modern Period in the 16th century, marked by the division of Western Christi...
   bestseller
  Bestseller
  
  A bestseller is a book that is identified as extremely popular by its inclusion on lists of currently top selling titles that are based on publishing industry and book trade figures and published by newspapers, magazines, or bookstore chains....
  .
• In the science fiction
  Science fiction
  
  Science fiction is a broad genre of fiction that often involves speculations based on current or future science or technology. Science fiction is found in books, art, television, films, games, theatre, and other media....
   space opera
  Space opera
  
  Space opera is a subgenre of speculative fiction or science fiction that emphasizes romance , often melodramatic adventure, set mainly or entirely in space, generally involving conflict between opponents possessing powerful technologies and abilities....
   the Lensman series heptalogy
  Heptalogy
  
  Heptalogy is a rarely used term for a series of seven creative works that are connected by a common storyline. One recent famous example is the Harry Potter series of books....
   by E.E. Smith, in Volume One of the series, the 1948 book Triplanetary
  Triplanetary
  
  Triplanetary was a science fiction board wargame published by Game Designers' Workshop in 1973 in games. It was a simulation of Outer space combat within the solar system in the early 21st Century....
  , the Golden Meteor is the insignia
  Insignia
  
  Insignia is a symbol or token of personal power , status or office, or of an official body of government or jurisdiction. Insignia are especially used as an emblem of a specific or general authority....
   that was initially adoped as the symbol
  Symbol
  
  A symbol is something such as an entity, picture, written word, sound, or particular mark that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention....
   of the Galactic Patrol
  Galactic Patrol
  
  The Galactic Patrol was an intergalactic organization in the Lensman science fiction series written by E. E. Smith. It was also the title of the third book in the series....
  . (It was later replaced by the Lens of Arisia.)
• The Golden Apples of the Sun
  The Golden Apples of the Sun
  
  The Golden Apples of the Sun is a collection of thirty-two of the most famous short story by Ray Bradbury. It is named after the W. B. Yeats poem The Song of Wandering Aengus, the last stanza of which reads:...
   is a 1953 collection of thirty-two of the most famous short stories
  Short story
  
  The short story refers to a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, usually in narrative format. This format or medium tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction, such as novellas and novels or books....
   by Ray Bradbury
  Ray Bradbury
  
  Ray Douglas Bradbury is an United States literature, fantasy, Horror fiction, science fiction, and mystery writer.Best known for his dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles, Bradbury is widely considered one of the greatest and most popular American writers of speculative fiction of the twentieth century....
  .
• The Golden Man
  The Golden Man
  
  The Golden Man is a 1954 science fiction short story by Philip K. Dick. The story is set in a Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction future, where the existence of potentially powerful mutants has become a reality....
   is a 1954 science fiction short story by Philip K. Dick
  Philip K. Dick
  
  Philip Kindred Dick was an United States science fiction novelist, short story writer, and essayist. Dick explored sociological, political and metaphysics themes in novels dominated by monopoly corporations, Authoritarianism, and altered states of consciousness....
  . The story is set in a post-apocalyptic
  Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
  
  Apocalyptic fiction is a sub-genre of science fiction that is concerned with the end of civilization through nuclear warfare, pandemic, or some other disaster....
   future, where the existence of potentially powerful mutants has become a reality.
• The Golden Notebook
  The Golden Notebook
  
  The Golden Notebook is a 1962 in literature novel by United Kingdom Nobel Prize-winning author Doris Lessing. This book, as well as the couple that followed it, enters the realm of what Margaret Drabble in The Oxford Companion to English Literature has called Lessing's "inner space fiction", her work that explores mental and societal...
   is a 1962
  1962 in literature
  
  The year 1962 in literature involved some significant events and new books....
   novel
  Novel
  
  File:2009 stapelweise Neuerscheinungen im Buchladen.JPGA novel is today a long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern Romance and in the tradition of the novella....
   by British
  United Kingdom
  
  The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
   Nobel Prize
  Nobel Prize
  
  The Nobel Prize , established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize in Literature, and Nobel Peace Prize in 1901....
  -winning author Doris Lessing
  Doris Lessing
  
  Doris May Lessing Order of the Companions of Honour, Order of the British Empire is a Zimbabwe-United Kingdom writer, author of works such as the novels The Grass is Singing and The Golden Notebook....
  .
• Heart of Gold
  Heart of Gold
  
  The description of having a heart of gold signifies a person or being completely without malice, whose nature is loving or caring. This may be how they live, or otherwise; the expression relates to their inner nature rather than any misguided or problematic actions they may perform....
   is a fictional starship
  Starship
  
  A starship is a theoretical spacecraft designed for interstellar travel, as opposed to a vehicle designed for orbital spaceflight or interplanetary travel....
   in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
  The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
  
  The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a Comic science fiction series created by Douglas Adams. Originally a The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1978, it was later adapted to other formats, and over several years it gradually became an international multi-media phenomenon....
   series by Douglas Adams
  Douglas Adams
  
  Douglas Noel Adams was an England author, dramatist and musician. He is best known as the author of the The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series....
  .
• In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows the Harry Potter polyjuice potion turned "clear, bright gold".

• The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
  Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
  
  The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn was a Magic order of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, practicing a form of theurgy and spiritual development....
   was an occult order founded in 1888.

• The 50th wedding anniversary
  Wedding anniversary
  
  A wedding anniversary is the anniversary of the date on which a wedding took place. Married persons may mark the anniversary date of their marriage in special ways....
   is called the Golden Anniversary and one is expected to give gifts made of gold to a couple celebrating that anniversary. By extension, the 50th anniversary of any important event is called the golden jubilee.

• A gold record is a recording that achieves sales of a million copies or more.
• The song The Golden Road to Unlimited Devotion is one of the most popular songs on the 1967 debut album of the Grateful Dead
  Grateful Dead
  
  The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. The band was known for its unique and eclectic style, which fused elements of Rock music, Folk music, bluegrass music, blues, reggae, country music, jazz, Psychedelic rock, space rock and gospel music?and for live performances of long musical improvisati...
  , The Grateful Dead
  The Grateful Dead (album)
  
  The Grateful Dead is the debut album of the Grateful Dead. It was recorded by Warner Bros. Records, and was released in March 1967. According to bassist Phil Lesh in his autobiography Searching for the Sound: My Life with the Grateful Dead, the album was released as San Francisco's Grateful Dead....
  .
• Golden
  Golden (Band)
  
  Golden is an United States Rock band formed in 1993 in Oberlin, Ohio. Since Golden's members are also involved with other, more well-known bands, Golden is often considered more of a side project than a full-fledged band in its own right....
   is an American rock band
  Rock Band
  
  Rock Band is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems, published by MTV, and distributed by Electronic Arts. It is the first title in the Rock Band....
   formed in 1993.
• The Gold Experience
  The Gold Experience
  
  The Gold Experience is an album released by Prince on September 26, 1995. The album is considered by some fans to be the Purple Rain of the 1990s, due to the rock and roll feel, accessibility of the tracks, and Prince's own admission that the song, "Gold ," would be the next "Purple Rain ."...
   is an album released by Prince
  Prince (musician)
  
  Prince Rogers Nelson is an United States musician. He performs under the Mononymous person name of Prince, but has also been known by various other names, among them an Love Symbol ...
   (his stage name at that time being an unpronounceable symbol) on September 26, 1995.
• Golden Millennium
  Golden Millennium
  
  Golden Millennium was a glam rock revival Supergroup formed in 1999 comprised of Dean Hsieh, Travis Higdon, Tom Hudson, and Britt Daniel....
   was a glam rock
  Glam rock
  
  Glam rock , is a sub-genre of rock music that developed in the UK in the post-hippie early 1970s which was "performed by singers and musicians wearing outrageous clothes, makeup, hairstyles, and platform-soled boots." The flamboyant lyrics, costumes, and visual styles of glam performers were a camp , theatrical blend of nostalgia references t...
   revival supergroup formed in 1999.
• Golden (CD/DVD)
  Golden (CD/DVD)
  
  Golden is the first posthumous compilation album by the United States rock band Failure , and contains both a CD and a DVD. Although the band has been inactive for many years, founding members Ken Andrews and Greg Edwards got together to collaborate on this release, which collects Demo , outtake#Music outtake, touring footage, both of th...
   is a 2004 album by the space rock
  Space rock
  
  Space rock is a subgenre of rock music; the term originally referred to a group of early mostly British 1970s progressive rock and Psychedelic rock bands such as Hawkwind and Pink Floyd, characterised by slow, lengthy instrumental passages dominated by synthesizer, experimental guitar work and science fiction lyrical themes, though it was lat...
   group Failure
  Failure (band)
  
  Failure was an influential United States rock band that was active from 1990 to 1997, during which they recorded and released three Music critic albums....
  .

• In Greek mythology
  Greek mythology
  
  Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the Ancient Greece concerning their List of Greek mythological figures#Immortals and Greek hero cult, Cosmology#Metaphysical cosmology, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices....
  , Jason
  Jason
  
  Jason was a late ancient Greece Greek mythology figure, famous as the leader of the Argonauts and their quest for the Golden Fleece. He was the son of Aeson, the rightful king of Iolcus....
   and the Argonauts
  Argonauts
  
  In Greek mythology, the Argonauts were a band of heroes who, in the years before the Trojan War, accompanied Jason to Colchis in his quest to find the Golden Fleece....
   sailed to Colchis
  Colchis
  
  In ancient geography, Colchis or Kolkhis was an ancient Georgia , state monarchy and region in the Western Georgia , which played an important role in the ethnic and cultural formation of the Georgians and its subgroups....
   to find the golden fleece
  Golden Fleece
  
  In Greek mythology, the Golden Fleece is the fleece of the winged ram Chrysomallos . It figures in the tale of Jason and his band of Argonauts, who set out on a quest for the fleece in order to place Jason rightfully on the throne of Iolcus in Thessaly....
  .
• King Midas, in Greek Mythology, was said to have the Midas touch, i.e., the ability to turn everything into gold (the golden touch). This ability became a curse for him after he turned his daughter to gold, and he was cured by Dionysus
  Dionysus
  
  In classical mythology, Dionysus or Dionysos , is the God of wine, the inspirer of ritual madness and ecstasy, and a major figure of Greek mythology, and one of the twelve Olympians, among whom Greek mythology treated Dionysus as a late arrival....
  .

• The Gold Honor Cross of the German Mother
  Cross of Honor of the German Mother
  
  The Cross of Honor of the German Mother , but often referred to simply as the Mothers Cross, was an award of the National Socialist German Workers Party regime....
   was awarded to German
  Nazi Germany
  
  Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the colloquial English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party , which established a Totalitarianism dictatorship that existed from 1933 to 1945....
   women
  Woman
  
  File:Duval La Naissance de Venus.jpgA woman is a female human. The term woman is usually reserved for an adult, with the term girl being the usual term for a female child or adolescent....
   who bore the Third Reich eight or more children.
• The first 100,000 members of the Nazi Party had the right to wear the Golden Nazi Party Badge
  Political decorations of the Nazi Party
  
  Political decorations of the Nazi Party were Orders, decorations, and medals of Nazi Germany issued by the National Socialist German Workers Party between1920 and 1945....
  .

• Comic book
  Comic book
  
  A comic book is a magazine or book of narrative artwork and dialog and descriptive prose. The style was introduced in 1934. Despite the term, comic books do not necessarily feature humorous subject-matter; in fact, it is often serious and action-oriented....
  s published between 1938 (the first ones) and 1945 are called Golden Age
  Golden Age of Comic Books
  
  The Golden Age of Comic Books was a period in the history of American comic books, generally thought as lasting from the late 1930s until the late 1940s....
   comic books.
• In Uncle Scrooge
  Uncle Scrooge
  
  Uncle Scrooge is a comic book with the moneygrubber Scrooge McDuck "the richest duck in the world" as the main character. The series also featured Donald Duck and Huey, Dewey and Louie as supporting characters....
   comic books, Scrooge McDuck
  Scrooge McDuck
  
  Scrooge McDuck or Uncle Scrooge is a Glasgow anthropomorphic duck created by Carl Barks that first appeared in Four Color Comics #178, Christmas on Bear Mountain, published by Dell Comics in December, 1947....
   searches throughout the world and even outer space
  Outer space
  
  Outer space comprises the relatively empty regions of the universe outside the atmospheres of celestial bodies. Outer space is used to distinguish it from airspace and terrestrial locations....
   for gold and other treasures to further increase his wealth
  Wealth
  
  Wealth is an abundance of valuable material possessions or resources. The word is derived from the old English wela, which is from an Indo-European word stem....
  . Paintings of Scrooge by Carl Barks
  Carl Barks
  
  Carl Barks was a famous The Walt Disney Company illustrator and comic book creator, who invented Duckburg and many of its inhabitants, such as Scrooge McDuck , Gladstone Gander , the Beagle Boys , Gyro Gearloose , Flintheart Glomgold , John D....
   often show him with piles of golden money. In one Carl Barks story, The 24 Karat Moon, Scrooge McDuck builds a rocket ship, travels to the asteroid belt
  Asteroid belt
  
  The asteroid belt is the region of the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter. It is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets....
   and finds an asteroid
  Asteroid
  
  Asteroids, sometimes called minor planets or planetoids, are small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun, smaller than planets but larger than meteoroids....
   made of solid gold:
• The Golden Helmet
  The Golden Helmet
  
  The Golden Helmet is a Donald Duck comic strip story written by Carl Barks in July 1952. Donald and his nephews go on a treasure hunt for a mythical helmet that apparently gives the possessor legal claim of North America....
   is a Donald Duck
  Donald Duck
  
  Donald Duck is a cartoon fictional character from The Walt Disney Company. Donald is a white anthropomorphism duck with a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet....
   comic strip
  Comic strip
  
  A comic strip is a sequence of drawings that tells a story.Currently in the Western world, most comic strips are written and drawn by a comics artist or cartoonist, and many such strips are published on a recurring basis in newspapers and on the Internet....
   story written by Carl Barks
  Carl Barks
  
  Carl Barks was a famous The Walt Disney Company illustrator and comic book creator, who invented Duckburg and many of its inhabitants, such as Scrooge McDuck , Gladstone Gander , the Beagle Boys , Gyro Gearloose , Flintheart Glomgold , John D....
   in July 1952. Don Rosa
  Don Rosa
  
  Keno Don Hugo Rosa is an United States comic book writer and illustrator best known for his stories about Scrooge McDuck, Donald Duck and other The Walt Disney Company characters....
   wrote a sequel to The Golden Helmet, called The Lost Charts of Columbus
  The Lost Charts of Columbus
  
  The Lost Charts of Columbus is the sequel of The Golden Helmet. It was created by Don Rosa and originally published in Donald Duck Adventures #44....
  .
• Nova (Frankie Raye) is a fictional character
  Fictional character
  
  A character is any person, persona, identity, or entity that exists in a The arts. The process of conveying information about characters in fiction is called characterisation....
   colored golden sometimes appearing in the Marvel Comics
  Marvel Comics
  
  Marvel Comics is an American comic book and related media company owned by Marvel Publishing, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, Inc. Marvel counts among as its List of Marvel Comics characters such well-known properties as Captain America, the Fantastic Four, the Hulk , Iron Man, Spider-Man, the X-Men, and many others....
   universe
  Marvel Universe
  
  The Marvel Universe is the universe where the stories published by Marvel Comics take place.The Marvel Universe actually exists within a Multiverse consisting of thousands of separate universes, all of which are the creations of Marvel Comics and all of which are, in a sense, "Marvel universes"....
   with the Silver Surfer
  Silver Surfer
  
  The Silver Surfer is a Marvel Comics superhero created by Jack Kirby. The character first appearance in Fantastic Four #48 , the first of a three-issue arc fans and historians call "The Galactus Trilogy"....
  .

• Psychic
  Psychic
  
  The word psychic refers to a proposed ability to perception information hidden from the senses through what is described as extrasensory perception, or to those people said to have such abilities....
  s who claim to be able to observe the aura
  Aura (paranormal)
  
  In parapsychology and many forms of spirituality, an aura is a field of subtle, luminous radiation supposedly surrounding a person or object like the Halo or aureola of religious art....
   with their third eye
  Third eye
  
  The third eye is a mysticism and esotericism concept referring in part to the ajna chakra in certain Eastern and Western spiritual traditions....
   report that great spiritual teachers usually have golden auras.
• People who have gold auras are said to be those whose pure intellect is applied to abstract philosophy
  Philosophy
  
  Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, truth, beauty, justice, validity, mind, and language....
   and mathematics
  Mathematics
  
  Mathematics is the study of quantity, structure, space, change, and related topics of pattern and form. Mathematicians seek out patterns whether found in numbers, space, natural science, computers, imaginary abstractions, or elsewhere....
  .

• In the philosophy
  Philosophy
  
  Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, truth, beauty, justice, validity, mind, and language....
   of Ancient Greece
  Ancient Greece
  
  The term Ancient Greece refers to the period of History of Greece lasting from the Greek Dark Ages ca. 1100 BC and the Dorian invasion, to 146 BC and the Roman Republic conquest of Greece after the Battle of Corinth ....
  , the golden mean
  Golden mean (philosophy)
  
  In philosophy, especially that of Aristotle, the golden mean is the desirable middle between two extremes, one of excess and the other of deficiency....
   (moderation in all things) was accepted as a basic tenet of most Greek philosophy
  Greek philosophy
  
  Greek philosophy focused on the role of reason and inquiry. Many philosophers today concede that Greek philosophy has shaped the entire Western thought since its inception....
  .

• A king
  King
  
  King is a title for a head of state.King may also refer to:...
   or queen's crown
  Crown (headgear)
  
  A crown is the traditional symbolic form of headgear worn by a monarch or by a deity, for whom the crown traditionally represents Political power, legitimacy, Crown of Immortality, righteousness, victory, Roman triumph, resurrection, honour and glory of life after death....
   is usually gold.
• Golden Liberty
  Golden Liberty
  
  Golden Liberty , sometimes referred to as Golden Freedoms, Nobles' Democracy or Nobles' Commonwealth refers to a unique Aristocracy political system in the Kingdom of Poland and later, after the Union of Lublin , in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth....
   was a form of aristocratic
  Aristocracy
  
  Aristocracy is a form of government, in which a few of the most prominent citizens rule. This may be a hereditary elite, or it may be by a system of cooption where a council of prominent citizens add leading soldiers, merchants, land owners, priests, and lawyers to their number....
   democracy
  Democracy
  
  Democracy is a form of government in which power is held directly or indirectly by citizens under a free electoral system. It is derived from the Greek language d?????at?a , "popular government" which was coined from d???? , "people" and ???t?? , "rule, strength" in the middle of the 5th-4th century BC to denote the political syst...
   practiced in Poland
  Poland
  
  Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
   from 1569 to 1795.
• The Golden Stool
  Asante royal thrones
  
  According to legend, Okomfo Anokye caused the famous Asante royal throne known as the Golden Stool to descend from the heavens and land on the lap of the first Ashanti people king, Osei Tutu....
   is the throne
  Throne
  
  A throne is the official chair or seat upon which a monarch is seated on state or ceremonial occasions. "Throne" in an abstract sense can also refer to the monarchy or the Crown itself, an instance of metonymy, and is also used in many terms such as "power behind the throne"....
   of the king of the Ashanti
  Asante
  
  Asante may mean:*The Ashanti people*The Asanteman, a pre-colonial state in West Africa.*Asante Kotoko, a football club*Empire of Ashanti The ancient state of the ashanti that was powerful around the West African region...
   people
  Ethnic group
  
  An ethnic group is a group of humans whose members identify with each other, through a common heritage that is real or presumed.Ethnic identity is further marked by the recognition from others of a group's distinctiveness and the recognition of common culture, linguistic, religion, human behaviour or Race traits, real or presumed, as indic...
   in Ghana
  Ghana
  
  The Republic of Ghana is a country in West Africa. It borders C?te d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south....
  .

• A person who attains notoriety at a young age in a their chosen profession
  Profession
  
  "A profession is a vocation founded upon specialised educational training, the purpose of which is to supply disinterested counsel and service to others, for a direct and definite compensation, wholly apart from expectation of other business gain"....
   is called a golden boy or a golden girl.

• The color golden is associated with Buddhism
  Buddhism
  
  Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices considered by most to be a religionand is based on the teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as "The Buddha" , who was born in what is today Nepal....
  :
• Statues of Buddha
  Gautama Buddha
  
  Siddhartha Gautama was a Spirituality teacher in the northern region of the Indian subcontinent who founded Buddhism. He is generally seen by Buddhists as the Supreme Buddhahood of our age....
   are usually painted metallic gold, are made of the metal gold, or have gold plating.
• Theravada
  Theravada
  
  Theravada...
   Buddhist monks wear saffron
  Saffron (color)
  
  Saffron is a shade of Gold yellow resembling color of the tip of the saffron crocus thread, from which the spice saffron is derived....
   robes, a color close to golden.
• The Shwedagon Pagoda, also known as the Golden Pagoda, is a Buddhist pagoda
  Pagoda
  
  A pagoda is the general term in the English language for a tiered tower with multiple eaves common in China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, and other parts of Asia....
   in Yangon
  Yangon
  
  Yangon is the largest city and a former capital of Burma. It is the capital of Yangon Division. Although the State Peace and Development Council has officially relocated the capital to Naypyidaw since March 2006, Yangon, with a population of four million, continues to be the country's largest city and the most important commercial center....
  , Burma that is plated in solid gold.
• The Golden Pavilion
  Kinkaku-ji
  
  or "Golden Temple" is the informal name of or "Deer Garden Temple" in Kyoto, Japan. It was originally built in 1397 to serve as a retirement villa for Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, as part of his estate then known as Kitayama....
   is a notable Buddhist
  Buddhism
  
  Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices considered by most to be a religionand is based on the teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as "The Buddha" , who was born in what is today Nepal....
   temple in Kyoto
  Kyoto
  
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  , Kinki, Japan
  Japan
  
  Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
  .
• The Doctrine of the Golden Mean is a chapter in the Li Ji
  Classic of Rites
  
  The Classic of Rites , also known as the Book of Rites, the Record of Rites, Liki, or Li Ch'i, was one of the Chinese Five Classics of the Confucianism canon....
  , one of the Four Books
  Four Books
  
  The Four Books of Confucianism , are Chinese classic texts that Zhu Xi selected, in the Song dynasty, as an introduction to Confucianism: the Great Learning, the Doctrine of the Mean, the Analects of Confucius, and the Mencius....
   of Confucianism
  Confucianism
  
  Confucianism is a China Ethics and Philosophy developed from the teachings of the Chinese philosopher Confucius . It focuses on human morality and right action....
  .
• The Secret of the Golden Flower
  The Secret of the Golden Flower
  
  The Secret of the Golden Flower , a Chinese Taoist book about meditation, was translated by Richard Wilhelm . Wilhelm, a friend of Carl Jung, was German, and his translations from Chinese to German were later translated to English by Cary F....
   is an important religious text
  Religious text
  
  Religious texts, also known as scripture, are the texts which various religious traditions consider to be sacred, or of central importance to their religious tradition....
   in Daoism.
• The Golden Temple
  Harmandir Sahib
  
  Golden Temple or Darbar Sahib , informally referred to as The Golden Temple or Temple of God, is culturally the most significant place of worship of the Sikhs and one of the oldest Sikh gurdwaras....
   in Amritsar
  Amritsar
  
  Amritsar is located in the northwestern part of India and is the administrative headquarters of Amritsar district in the States and territories of India of Punjab, India, India....
  , Punjab
  Punjab (India)
  
  Punjab is a States and territories of India in northwest India. The Indian state borders the Pakistani province of Punjab to the west, Jammu and Kashmir to the north, Himachal Pradesh to the northeast, Haryana to the south and southeast, Chandigarh to the southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest....
  , India
  India
  
  India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
  , is the holiest site of the Sikh
  Sikh
  
  Sikh is the title and name given to an adherent of Sikhism. The term has its origin in the Sanskrit ' "disciple, learner" or ' "instruction"....
   religion.
• The Golden Mosque
  Al-Askari Mosque
  
  Al ?Askari Mosque or the ?Askariyya Mosque/Shrine is a Shia Islam Muslim holy site located in the Iraqi city of Samarra from Baghdad. It is one of the most important Shi?ah mosques in the world, built in 944....
   in Samarra
  Samarra
  
  Samarra is a city in Iraq.It stands on the east bank of the Tigris in the Salah al-Din Governorate, north of Baghdad and, in 2003, had an estimated population of 348,700....
  , Iraq
  Iraq
  
  Iraq , officially the Republic of Iraq , is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros Mountains, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
  , a Shiite Muslim
  Muslim
  
  :A Muslim , , is an adherent of the religion of Islam. The feminine form is Muslimah . Literally, the word means "one who submits "....
   holy site constructed in 944, was the target of the Golden Mosque bombing on 22 February2006.
• The Golden Calf of the Old Testament
  Old Testament
  
  In Western Christianity, the Old Testament refers to the books that form the first of the two-part Christianity Bible Biblical canon. These works correspond to the Hebrew Bible , with some variations and additions....
  , in Judaism
  Judaism
  
  Judaism is a set of beliefs and practices originating in the Hebrew Bible , as later further explored and explained in the Talmud and other texts....
   and Christianity
  Christianity
  
  Christianity is a Monotheistic religion #Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus as New Testament view on Jesus' life....
  , is generally thought to symbol
  Symbol
  
  A symbol is something such as an entity, picture, written word, sound, or particular mark that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention....
  ically represent the false worship of the god Mammon
  Mammon
  
  Mammon is a term, derived from the Christian Bible, used to describe material wealth or greed, most often Anthropomorphism as a deity....
   (i.e., wealth
  Wealth
  
  Wealth is an abundance of valuable material possessions or resources. The word is derived from the old English wela, which is from an Indo-European word stem....
  ), instead of the true God
  God
  
  God is a deity in theism and deism religions and other belief systems, representing either the sole deity in monotheism, or a principal deity in polytheism....
   of the Bible
  Bible
  
  The Bible is the central religious text of Judaism and Christianity. The exact Books of the Bible is dependent on the religious traditions of specific denominations....
  , Jehovah
  Jehovah
  
  Jehovah, also Yehovah, is an English reading of , the most frequent form of the Tetragrammaton , the principal and personal name of God in the Hebrew Bible ....
  .
• The color golden has an important place in the Latter Day Saint movement
  Latter Day Saint movement
  
  The Latter Day Saint movement is a group of Restorationism religious denominations and adherents who follow at least some of the Teachings of Joseph Smith, Jr....
  :
• The Golden plates
  Golden Plates
  
  The golden plates are a set of bound and engraved metal plates that Latter Day Saint movement denominations believe are the source of Joseph Smith, Jr.'s translation of the Book of Mormon, one of the sacred texts of those faiths....
   are claimed to have been a set of engraved plates, bound into a book, that Joseph Smith, Jr.
  Joseph Smith, Jr.
  
  Joseph Smith, Jr. was the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, also known as Mormonism, and an important religious and political figure during the 1830s and 1840s....
   said was his source material for the Book of Mormon
  Book of Mormon
  
  The Book of Mormon is a sacred text of the churches of the Latter Day Saint Movement. It was first published in March 1830 by Joseph Smith, Jr....
  , a scripture of the Latter Day Saint movement
  Latter Day Saint movement
  
  The Latter Day Saint movement is a group of Restorationism religious denominations and adherents who follow at least some of the Teachings of Joseph Smith, Jr....
  .
• LDS Temples
  Temple (LDS Church)
  
  In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also called the LDS or Mormon Church, a Temple is a building dedicated to be a House of the Lord, and they are considered by Church members to be the most sacred structures on earth....
   are commonly topped with a gold statue of the Angel Moroni on its tallest tower.
• The Oakland California Temple
  Oakland California Temple
  
  The Oakland California Temple is the 15th constructed and 13th operating Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The LDS temple in Oakland, California was announced on May 26, 1962, and dedicated on November 19, 1964 by David O....
   is the only LDS Temple which has five spires that are all gold plated
  Gold plating
  
  Gold plating is a method of depositing a thin layer of gold onto the surface of another metal, most often copper or silver, by chemical or electrochemical means....
  , and that has a celestial room
  Celestial room
  
  In Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, an Ordinance room is a room where the ceremony known as the Endowment is administered, as well as other rituals called Sealings....
   faced in gold colored marble
  Marble
  
  Marble is a nonfoliated metamorphic rock resulting from the metamorphism of limestone, composed mostly of calcite . It is extensively used for Marble sculpture, as a architecture material, and in many other applications....
  .
• In the New Age
  New Age
  
  New Age is a decentralized western culture social movement and new religious movement that seeks universality Truth and the attainment of the highest individual human potential....
   Ascended Master Teachings
  Ascended Master Teachings
  
  Students of Ascended Master Teachings organizations believe that the Presence of Life - God - Individualizes as the "I AM" and incarnates throughout the created universes....
   of the Church Universal and Triumphant
  Church Universal and Triumphant
  
  The Church Universal and Triumphant is a New Age new religious movement and organization founded by Mark L. Prophet and Elizabeth Clare Prophet....
   (which are based on Theosophy
  Theosophy
  
  Theosophy is a doctrine of religious philosophy and metaphysics originating with Madame Blavatsky . In this context, theosophy holds that all religions are attempts by the "Mahatma" to help humanity in evolving to greater perfection, and that each religion therefore has a portion of the truth....
  ) it is believed that the Master Kuthumi
  Kuthumi
  
  The Master Kuthumi, in the teachings of Theosophy is one of the "Masters of Wisdom" and in the Ascended Master Teachings is one of the Ascended master ....
   has a special organization around him called the Order of the Brothers of the Golden Robe that is dedicated to the enlightenment of humanity
  Humanity
  
  Humanity is the whole human species, human nature , and the human condition . It is also the study of one branch of the humanities, academic disciplines which study the human condition using analytic, critical, or speculative methods....
   through the second ray
  Seven Rays
  
  The Seven Rays is a Metaphysics concept that has appeared in several religions and esoteric philosophies since at least the sixth century BCE, in both Western culture and in India....
   of wisdom
  Wisdom
  
  Wisdom is knowledge, understanding, experience, discretion, and Intuition , along with a capacity to apply these qualities well towards finding solutions to problems....
  .
• In Scientology
  Scientology
  
  Scientology is a Scientology beliefs and practices created by American science fiction author L. Ron Hubbard in 1952 as a successor to his earlier self-help system, Dianetics....
  , The Gold Base
  Gold Base
  
  The Gold Base is the informal name of the international headquarters of the Church of Scientology, located on a parcel of land just outside of San Jacinto, California....
   is the informal name of the international headquarters of the Church of Scientology
  Church of Scientology
  
  The Church of Scientology is the largest organization devoted to the practice and the promotion of the Scientology Scientology beliefs and practices....
  , located on a parcel of land near Hemet
  Hemet, California
  
  Hemet is a city in Riverside County, California, located in the San Jacinto Valley and it spans 25.6 square miles, or about half of the valley, which it shares with it's neighbor to the north, the city of San Jacinto....
  , California. The area is the home of Golden Era Productions
  Golden Era Productions
  
  Golden Era Productions is an organization operated by the Church of Scientology that produces promotional material for the Church's membership, as well as many of the restored lectures, E-meters, training films and other materials related to the scriptures or works of church founder L....
  , the media and publications division of the church.
• In all world religions, the golden rule
  Ethic of reciprocity
  
  The ethic of reciprocity is an ethical code that states one has a right to just treatment, and a responsibility to ensure justice for others. Reciprocity is arguably the most essential basis for the modern concept of human rights, though it has its critics....
   is promulgated as a basic standard of human conduct.

• In Dungeons & Dragons
  Dungeons & Dragons
  
  Dungeons & Dragons is a fantasy role-playing game originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, and first published in 1974 by TSR, Inc....
  , the gold dragon is one of the metallic dragons.

• Alpha Sigma Tau
  Alpha Sigma Tau
  
  Alpha Sigma Tau is a national National Panhellenic Conference Fraternities and sororities founded on November 4, 1899, at Michigan State Normal College ....
  
• Delta Phi Epsilon
  Delta Phi Epsilon (social)
  
  Delta Phi Epsilon is an international Student organizations in North America founded on March 17, 1917 at New York University School of Law in New York City....
  

• A gold medal
  Gold medal
  
  A gold medal is typically the highest medal awarded for achievement in a non-military field. The concept comes from the military, initially with a simple recognition of military rank, and later decorations for admission to military orders dating back to medieval times....
   is a medal awarded to the first place finisher of contests (typically athletics competitions) such as the Olympic Games
  Olympic Games
  
  The Olympic Games are an international multi-sport event established for both summer and winter sports. There have been two generations of the Olympic Games; the first were the Ancient Olympic Games held at Olympia, Greece, Greece....
  , Commonwealth Games
  Commonwealth Games
  
  The Commonwealth Games is a multinational, multi-sport event. Held every four years, it involves the elite athletes of the Commonwealth of Nations....
  , etc.
• Fans of the National Football League
  National Football League
  
  The National Football League is the Major North American professional sports leagues American football Sports league in the United States. It is an unincorporated 501#501.28c.29.286.29 association controlled by its members....
   will note the Pittsburgh Steelers
  Pittsburgh Steelers
  
  The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional American football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania. They are currently a member of the AFC North of the American Football Conference in the National Football League) ....
   and Washington Redskins
  Washington Redskins
  
  The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team based in the Washington, D.C. area. The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, Maryland, which is in Prince George's County, Maryland....
   as having gold as a color. The gold they use, however, is a distinctly more yellow color (akin to the non-metallic web color version) than the traditional "old gold" used by the New Orleans Saints
  New Orleans Saints
  
  The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Saints play in the NFC South of the National Football Conference in the National Football League ....
   and San Francisco 49ers
  San Francisco 49ers
  
  The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team. The team plays its home games in , while the club's headquarters and practice facility are located in Santa Clara, California....
  . The color is nevertheless still referred to as "gold".
• In Major League Baseball
  Major League Baseball
  
  Major League Baseball is the highest level of play in American professional baseball. Specifically, Major League Baseball refers to the organization that operates the National League and the American League, by means of a joint organizational structure that has developed gradually between them since 1903 ....
  , the Tampa Bay Rays
  Tampa Bay Rays
  
  The Tampa Bay Rays are a Major League Baseball franchise based in St. Petersburg, Florida, Florida, and the reigning 2008 American League Championship Series....
   and Pittsburgh Pirates
  Pittsburgh Pirates
  
  The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania. They play in the National League Central of the National League, and are five-time World Series Champions and played in the first one....
   both use gold as one of their team's primary colors.
• In the NBA
  National Basketball Association
  
  The National Basketball Association is North America's premier professional men's basketball league, composed of thirty teams: twenty-nine in the United States and one in Canada....
  , the Cleveland Cavaliers
  Cleveland Cavaliers
  
  The Cleveland Cavaliers are a professional basketball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They began playing in the National Basketball Association in 1970 as an expansion team and won their first Eastern Conference Championship in 2007....
  , Washington Wizards
  Washington Wizards
  
  The Washington Wizards are a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C. They play in the National Basketball Association ....
   and the Boston Celtics
  Boston Celtics
  
  The Boston Celtics are a professional basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, playing in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association ....
   use "old gold" as an accent to their primary colors wine, blue and green, respectively. The Los Angeles Lakers
  Los Angeles Lakers
  
  The Los Angeles Lakers are a National Basketball Association team based in Los Angeles. The Lakers play their home games at Staples Center, which they share with their fellow NBA rival, the Los Angeles Clippers, and their sister team, the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association....
  , Indiana Pacers
  Indiana Pacers
  
  The Indiana Pacers are a professional basketball team that plays in the National Basketball Association . The team is based in the state's capital and largest city, Indianapolis, Indiana, located in the center of the state....
  , Denver Nuggets
  Denver Nuggets
  
  The Denver Nuggets are a professional basketball team based in Denver, Colorado, Colorado. They play in the National Basketball Association ....
  , Golden State Warriors
  Golden State Warriors
  
  The Golden State Warriors are an USA professional basketball team based in Oakland, California, California, representing the San Francisco Bay Area....
  , Memphis Grizzlies
  Memphis Grizzlies
  
  The Memphis Grizzlies are a professional basketball team based in Memphis, Tennessee. They are part of the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association ....
  , New Orleans Hornets and Seattle Supersonics
  Seattle SuperSonics
  
  The Seattle SuperSonics were an United States professional basketball team based in Seattle, Washington that played in the Pacific Division and Northwest Division s of the National Basketball Association from 1967 until 2008....
   also use gold as an accent color, although the shade is mostly yellowish in appearance.
• In the NHL
  National Hockey League
  
  The National Hockey League is a professional ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America. It is considered to be the premier professional ice hockey league in the world, and one of the North American Major professional sports leagues of the United States and Canada....
  , the Pittsburgh Penguins
  Pittsburgh Penguins
  
  The Pittsburgh Penguins are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League ....
   use gold as one of their primary colors. The shade of gold has changed over time from the traditional, metallic gold, to a more yellowish gold, and back to the metallic shade. The Boston Bruins
  Boston Bruins
  
  The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League ....
   also use the yellow shade of gold as a primary color.
• The Golden Gloves
  Golden Gloves
  
  For the honor in Major League Baseball, see Gold Glove.The Golden Gloves is the name given to annual competitions for amateur boxing in the United States....
   is the name given to annual competitions for amateur boxing
  Boxing
  
  Boxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar human weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds....
   in the United States.
• The Gold Coast
  Gold Coast, Queensland
  
  The Gold Coast is a city and Local Government Areas of Australia in the South East Queensland corner of Queensland, Australia. It is the second most populous city in the state and the List of cities in Australia by population in the country....
   is an area just south of Brisbane
  Brisbane
  
  Brisbane is the state List of Australian capital cities of Queensland and its most populous city. It is also the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, behind southern rivals Sydney and Melbourne....
  , Australia
  Australia
  
  Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
  , that is noted for its excellent surfing
  Surfing
  
  Surfing refers to a person or boat riding down a wave and thereby gathering speed from the downward movement. Most commonly, the term is used for a surface water sports in which the person surfing is carried along the face of a breaking ocean surface wave standing on a surfboard....
  .

• The Congressional Gold Medal is the highest civilian award which may be bestowed by the United States Congress
  United States Congress
  
  The United States Congress is the Bicameralism legislature of the Federal government of the United States of the United States of America, consisting of two houses, the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....
  , the legislative branch of the United States government.
• The Gold Star
  Gold Star
  
  The Gold Star medal is a special insignia that identifies recipients of the title "Hero" in the Soviet Union and several post-Soviet states.From 1934 to 1991 it was associated with the title "Hero of the Soviet Union"....
   was the highest state decoration
  State decoration
  
  State decorations are Order s, medals and other decorations granted by a state. International decorations are similar, but are not granted by a specific nation but rather an international organization....
   in the Soviet Union
  Soviet Union
  
  The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
   and remains so in several post-Soviet states
  Post-Soviet states
  
  The post-Soviet states, also commonly known as the former Soviet Union or former Soviet republics, are the 15 independent state that split off from the Soviet Union in its collapse of the Soviet Union in December 1991....
  .

• Gold (or names containing the word Gold) is a common surname
  Surname
  
  A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases a surname is a family name; the family-name meaning first appeared in 1375....
   among people of Jew
  Jew
  
  A Jew is a member of the Jewish people, an ethnoreligious group that traces its ancestry to the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East....
  ish ancestry of Europe
  Europe
  
  Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
  an ancestry (Ashkenazi Jews).

• Argentina
  Argentina
  
  Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
  , Brazil
  Brazil
  
  Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
  , Bolivia
  Bolivia
  
  The Republic of Bolivia , named after Sim?n Bol?var, is a landlocked country in central South America. It is bordered by Brazil on the north and east, Paraguay and Argentina on the south, and Chile and Peru on the west....
  , Bosnia, Belgium
  Belgium
  
  * A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
  , Bhutan
  Bhutan
  
  The Kingdom of Bhutan is a landlocked nation in South Asia, located at the eastern end of the Himalaya Mountains and is bordered to the south, east and west by India and to the north by the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China....
  , China
  China
  
  China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
  , Colombia
  Colombia
  
  Colombia , officially the Republic of Colombia , is a country in north-western South America. Colombia is bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the north west by Panama; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean....
  , Egypt
  Egypt
  
  Egypt is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia. Covering an area of about , Egypt borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west....
  , Equador, Germany
  Germany
  
  Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
  , Malaysia
  Malaysia
  
  Malaysia is a federation that consists of States of Malaysia in Southeast Asia with a total landmass of . The capital city is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government....
  , the Philippines
  Philippines
  
  The Philippines, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. It comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean....
   Spain
  Spain
  
  Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
  , Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka
  
  Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is an island country in South Asia, located about off the southern coast of India....
  , Valenzuela
  Valenzuela
  
  Valenzuela may refer to:*Valenzuela District, Paraguay*Valenzuela City, Philippines*Valenzuela, Spain*Islenos#ValenzuelaValenzuela Spanish language surname :...
  , Vietnam
  Vietnam
  
  Vietnam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam , is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by People's Republic of China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea to the east....
   are examples of modern nation
  Nation
  
  A nation is a cultural and social community. In as much as most members never meet each other, yet feel a common bond, it may be considered an imagined community....
  s that use the color golden in their national flag
  Flag
  
  A flag is a piece of cloth, often flown from a pole or Mast , generally used symbolically for signaling or identification. The term flag is also used to refer to the graphic design employed by a flag, or to its depiction in another medium....
  s.
• The Holy Roman Empire
  Holy Roman Empire
  
  The Holy Roman Empire was a union of territories in Central Europe during the Middle Ages and the Early modern Europe under a Holy Roman Emperor....
  , which existed from 800 to 1806, had a golden flag with a black double-headed Imperial Eagle on the field, the origin of the use of the color golden in the German and Belgian flags.
• The Byzantine Empire from 1261 until its collapse in 1453 had a flag that had a black double-headed eagle
  Eagle
  
  Eagles are large bird of prey which are members of the bird family Accipitridae, and belong to several Genus which are not necessarily closely related to each other....
   on a field of golden. This flag is still used today as the flag of the Mount Athos
  Mount Athos
  
  Mount Athos is a mountain on the peninsula of the same name in Macedonia , of northern Greece, called in Greek language Agion Oros , or in English, "Holy Mountain"....
   autonomous region in Greece
  Greece
  
  Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkans. It has borders with Albania, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the north, and Turkey to the east....
  .
• The Hispanic
  Hispanic
  
  Hispanic is a term that historically denoted relation to the ancient Hispania . During the Modern Era, it took on a more limited meaning relating to the contemporary nation of Spain....
   Flag (Bandera de la Raza
  La Raza
  
  La Raza is sometimes used to denote people of Chicano and Mexican people descent and the Latino world, as well by mestizos who share Indigenous peoples of the Americas or national Hispanic heritage....
  ) is an ethnic flag
  Ethnic flag
  
  An ethnic flag is a flag that symbolizes a certain ethnic group. Ethnic flags are often introduced to the ethnic community through the respective cultural or political ethnic movements....
   that is golden and deep lilac
  Lilac (color)
  
  Lilac is a color that is a pale shade of Violet . It might also be described as light purple. The actual color of the flower of some Lilac flowers is a much deeper color, equivalent to the color shown below as deep lilac....
   on a white background. It is also used as the Flag of Hispanic America
  Hispanic America
  
  Hispanic America is strictly the region comprising the Americas countries inhabited by Spanish language-speaking populations. It was historically known as Spanish America in English language, and "Hispanoam?rica" in Spanish....
  . (This flag is sometimes also called the Flag of the Americas
  Americas
  
  The Americas are the region of the Western hemisphere that consists of the continents of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions....
   when used on a non-ethnic basis to symbolically represent the combined geographical area of North America
  North America
  
  North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
   and South America
  South America
  
  South America is the southern continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere....
   together.):

See also

• Or
  Or (heraldry)
  
  In heraldry, or is the tincture of gold , and belongs to the class of light tinctures, called "metals". In engravings and line drawings, it may be represented using a pattern of dots....
  
• List of colors
  List of colors
  
  The following is a complete list of colors with associated articles. See also color names and the list of color topics.Note that a large percentage of the color swatches below are taken from computer-domain-specific naming schemes such as X11 or HTML4 ....