The black and gold palette with hex codes
Both colors as co-equal field colors, plus the bridge tone and the neutral the color math derives from them, built from #1c1c1e and #c9a227 with the same generator that powers every color page.
- Black Lead color
- #413a4a
- Gold Second color
- #a7862a
- Bridge Bridge tone
- #a57489
- Neutral Neutral
- #eeeced
- Gold Metallic
- #c9a227
Flowers for a black and gold palette
Black and Gold share no single bloom, so each color brings its own and the contrast carries the arrangements.
What black brings
- AnemoneBlack
Anemones run fall through spring, at their best in winter, and carry a true near-black center naturally with no dye; they are scarce in high summer.
- Calla lilyBlack
Calla lilies are available year-round on a sturdy stem that holds through a long day, and they come in deep plum and near-black as well as white.
What gold brings
- Garden roseGold
Roses are the one wedding staple truly available every month, grown year-round in Colombia and Ecuador; field-grown garden varieties peak late spring through fall, so off-season garden roses lean on imports.
- RanunculusGold
Field ranunculus peaks late winter through spring; imported and greenhouse stems stretch it wider, at a higher off-season price.
The metal for black and gold
The single-color page keeps the metal as warm hardware, the thing that stops a dark room going strict. Promoted to an anchor it has to carry the whole contrast by itself, because neither anchor is a hue: what the eye reads is matte against reflective, not one color against another.
This palette finishes in gold.
When black and gold works best
A black-tie evening or a winter city reception, always after dark.
Neither anchor is pinned to a month, so nothing here is seasonal at all: the palette is dated by the dress code rather than by the calendar.
Who wears what in a black and gold palette
Black tie on one side, sequins on the other, the whole contrast living in the finish because there is no second color to carry it.
- Lead
- black-tie suits and black dresses
- Supporting
- sequin or metallic-thread dresses
- Accent
- brass and candlelight against matte fabric
The colors in this palette
Each color on its own, with its full set of palettes and hex codes.
A palette tells you the colors. A style board tells you the wedding.
Turn black and gold into one named concept with attire, decor, and a do and skip list, reconciled from what you and your partner each want.
Turn black and gold into our style board ($19)