reine in the Versailles Palace is decorated in the color gold. This room was where Marie Antoinette, wife of King Louis XVI of France, slept. 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 of red or burgundy. Literature Blonde hair in women (or sometimes men) is sometimes referred to poetically as golden. Music “Band of Gold” is a 1970 song by Freda Payne. The lyrics tell of a woman whose lover has left her, only leaving behind a gold wedding ring (the song's “band of gold”). “Gold” is a 1983 song by Spandau Ballet. “We Are Golden” is a 2009 song by Mika from his album The Boy Who Knew Too Much. "Golden" is the 2020 song by Harry Styles. "Golden Brown" is a song by The Stranglers Parapsychology Psychics who claim to be able to observe the aura with their third eye 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 and mathematics. Politics The Gold Shirts were a Mexican fascist party in the 1930s. Gold is often used as an official color by laissez-faire or libertarian political parties, such as the United States Libertarian Party, as well as ideologies such as voluntaryism and anarcho-capitalism, due to their frequent support for Austrian School economics and the gold standard. Religion The color golden is associated with Buddhism: Statues of Buddha are usually painted metallic gold, are made of the metal gold, or have gold plating. Theravada Buddhist monks wear saffron robes, a color close to golden. The Shwedagon Pagoda, in Yangon, Myanmar is plated in solid gold. The Golden Pavilion is a notable Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Kinki, Japan. The Secret of the Golden Flower is an important religious text in Daoism. The Golden Temple in Amritsar, Punjab, India, is the holiest site of the Sikh religion. The Golden Mosque in Samarra, Iraq, a Shiite Muslim holy site constructed in 944. In Paganism, it is used for inner strength, self-realization, understanding, and intuition. It has a masculine energy and brings fortune and luck. Sports In association football, the Wolverhampton Wanderers traditionally uses "old gold" as its primary color, though the shade