I am writing up a 50th wedding invitation and would like the type to be in
gold. What combinations of colors should I try? I have a Lexmark 1150 printer.

You're unlikely to find a single color that will really much resemble
metallic gold, and since fonts in Word can't be formatted with a gradient,
you'll have to settle for a single color, which will be a sort of
orangey-yellow. There are only two ways that I know of to get true metallic
gold:

1. Use a desktop printer that takes a gold ink cartridge in place of black.
In this case, you set the type as black (Automatic) as usual, but it comes
out gold.

2. Ditto for a commercial printer. You set the copy in black, and he prints
it with gold ink.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"SSchwalbe" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:FB90C188-344A-4418-AF34-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I am writing up a 50th wedding invitation and would like the type to be in
> gold. What combinations of colors should I try? I have a Lexmark 1150
printer.

While I agree with Suzanne that inkjets don't simulate "metallic"
colors very well, you can try the RGB combination R=217, G=217, B=25.
To enter this, click the More Colors item at the bottom of the font
color dropdown, click the Custom tab, and type the numbers in the
boxes.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

On Sat, 7 May 2005 14:58:09 -0500, "Suzanne S. Barnhill"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>You're unlikely to find a single color that will really much resemble
>metallic gold, and since fonts in Word can't be formatted with a gradient,
>you'll have to settle for a single color, which will be a sort of
>orangey-yellow. There are only two ways that I know of to get true metallic
>gold:
>
>1. Use a desktop printer that takes a gold ink cartridge in place of black.
>In this case, you set the type as black (Automatic) as usual, but it comes
>out gold.
>
>2. Ditto for a commercial printer. You set the copy in black, and he prints
>it with gold ink.
>
>--
>Suzanne S. Barnhill
>Microsoft MVP (Word)
>Words into Type
>Fairhope, Alabama USA
>Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
>Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
>all may benefit.
>
>"SSchwalbe" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:FB90C188-344A-4418-AF34-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I am writing up a 50th wedding invitation and would like the type to be in
>> gold. What combinations of colors should I try? I have a Lexmark 1150
>printer.

That looks kind of chartreuse on my screen. I would add more red, I think
(in fact, I have to run it all the way up to 255 to get something that looks
"gold" to me).

I recently made a graphic that was supposed to be gold on red, and the color
I used (in Publisher) was Accent 2 (Gold), which is 225, 204, 0).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Jay Freedman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> While I agree with Suzanne that inkjets don't simulate "metallic"
> colors very well, you can try the RGB combination R=217, G=217, B=25.
> To enter this, click the More Colors item at the bottom of the font
> color dropdown, click the Custom tab, and type the numbers in the
> boxes.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Jay Freedman
> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
>
> On Sat, 7 May 2005 14:58:09 -0500, "Suzanne S. Barnhill"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >You're unlikely to find a single color that will really much resemble
> >metallic gold, and since fonts in Word can't be formatted with a
gradient,
> >you'll have to settle for a single color, which will be a sort of
> >orangey-yellow. There are only two ways that I know of to get true
metallic
> >gold:
> >
> >1. Use a desktop printer that takes a gold ink cartridge in place of
black.
> >In this case, you set the type as black (Automatic) as usual, but it
comes
> >out gold.
> >
> >2. Ditto for a commercial printer. You set the copy in black, and he
prints
> >it with gold ink.
> >
> >--
> >Suzanne S. Barnhill
> >Microsoft MVP (Word)
> >Words into Type
> >Fairhope, Alabama USA
> >Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
> >Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
> >all may benefit.
> >
> >"SSchwalbe" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >news:FB90C188-344A-4418-AF34-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> I am writing up a 50th wedding invitation and would like the type to be
in
> >> gold. What combinations of colors should I try? I have a Lexmark 1150
> >printer.
>

Hi Suzanne

With 2 computers at home and several more at different work sites, I remain
astonished at how differently the same colour displays on different
monitors, and even on the same monitor in slightly different lighting
conditions.

And different colour printers will produce slightly different colours from
the same document, too.

But the best gold I've ever seen done just with ordinary screen colours is
in the vertical border at http://www.helpmaster.com/index.htm. I think it's
the shading that provides the illusion of shine.

Hope this helps.

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> That looks kind of chartreuse on my screen. I would add more red, I think
> (in fact, I have to run it all the way up to 255 to get something that
> looks
> "gold" to me).
>
> I recently made a graphic that was supposed to be gold on red, and the
> color
> I used (in Publisher) was Accent 2 (Gold), which is 225, 204, 0).
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
> Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
> so
> all may benefit.
>
> "Jay Freedman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> While I agree with Suzanne that inkjets don't simulate "metallic"
>> colors very well, you can try the RGB combination R=217, G=217, B=25.
>> To enter this, click the More Colors item at the bottom of the font
>> color dropdown, click the Custom tab, and type the numbers in the
>> boxes.
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Jay Freedman
>> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
>>
>> On Sat, 7 May 2005 14:58:09 -0500, "Suzanne S. Barnhill"
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>> >You're unlikely to find a single color that will really much resemble
>> >metallic gold, and since fonts in Word can't be formatted with a
> gradient,
>> >you'll have to settle for a single color, which will be a sort of
>> >orangey-yellow. There are only two ways that I know of to get true
> metallic
>> >gold:
>> >
>> >1. Use a desktop printer that takes a gold ink cartridge in place of
> black.
>> >In this case, you set the type as black (Automatic) as usual, but it
> comes
>> >out gold.
>> >
>> >2. Ditto for a commercial printer. You set the copy in black, and he
> prints
>> >it with gold ink.
>> >
>> >--
>> >Suzanne S. Barnhill
>> >Microsoft MVP (Word)
>> >Words into Type
>> >Fairhope, Alabama USA
>> >Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
>> >Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
>> >newsgroup
> so
>> >all may benefit.
>> >
>> >"SSchwalbe" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> >news:FB90C188-344A-4418-AF34-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >> I am writing up a 50th wedding invitation and would like the type to
>> >> be
> in
>> >> gold. What combinations of colors should I try? I have a Lexmark 1150
>> >printer.
>>
>

The last time this came up was a few years ago when the posted answer
included the following:

Here's a good reference to Gold (and Silver and Bronze) using CMYK:

http://www.creativepro.com/story/fea...l?origin=story

Translated to RGB in Corel Draw 10 gives you:

Gold = RGB 199 177 25 OR HLS 52 44 78

I have since used these figures quite satisfactorily in some of my own
documents.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
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Shauna Kelly wrote:
> Hi Suzanne
>
> With 2 computers at home and several more at different work sites, I
> remain astonished at how differently the same colour displays on
> different monitors, and even on the same monitor in slightly
> different lighting conditions.
>
> And different colour printers will produce slightly different colours
> from the same document, too.
>
> But the best gold I've ever seen done just with ordinary screen
> colours is in the vertical border at
> http://www.helpmaster.com/index.htm. I think it's the shading that
> provides the illusion of shine.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
> http://www.shaunakelly.com/word
>
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> That looks kind of chartreuse on my screen. I would add more red, I
>> think (in fact, I have to run it all the way up to 255 to get
>> something that looks
>> "gold" to me).
>>
>> I recently made a graphic that was supposed to be gold on red, and
>> the color
>> I used (in Publisher) was Accent 2 (Gold), which is 225, 204, 0).
>>
>> --
>> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>> Words into Type
>> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>> Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
>> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
>> newsgroup so
>> all may benefit.
>>
>> "Jay Freedman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> While I agree with Suzanne that inkjets don't simulate "metallic"
>>> colors very well, you can try the RGB combination R=217, G=217,
>>> B=25. To enter this, click the More Colors item at the bottom of
>>> the font color dropdown, click the Custom tab, and type the numbers
>>> in the boxes.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>> Jay Freedman
>>> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
>>>
>>> On Sat, 7 May 2005 14:58:09 -0500, "Suzanne S. Barnhill"
>>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>>
>>>> You're unlikely to find a single color that will really much
>>>> resemble metallic gold, and since fonts in Word can't be formatted
>>>> with a gradient, you'll have to settle for a single color, which
>>>> will be a sort of orangey-yellow. There are only two ways that I
>>>> know of to get true metallic gold:
>>>>
>>>> 1. Use a desktop printer that takes a gold ink cartridge in place
>>>> of black. In this case, you set the type as black (Automatic) as
>>>> usual, but it comes out gold.
>>>>
>>>> 2. Ditto for a commercial printer. You set the copy in black, and
>>>> he prints it with gold ink.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>>>> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>>>> Words into Type
>>>> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>>>> Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
>>>> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
>>>> newsgroup
>> so
>>>> all may benefit.
>>>>
>>>> "SSchwalbe" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>>> news:FB90C188-344A-4418-AF34-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>>> I am writing up a 50th wedding invitation and would like the type
>>>>> to be
>> in
>>>>> gold. What combinations of colors should I try? I have a Lexmark
>>>>> 1150 printer.

And even if you had a gold printer cartridge, it would be difficult to have a printed gold cup or coin look "real".
Metals just reflect light differently than other surfaces... much like a mirror:
http://home.eol.ca/~props/metall.htm
http://www.geocities.com/~jlhagan/ad...goldsilver.htm

Regards,
Klaus


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> You're unlikely to find a single color that will really much resemble
> metallic gold, and since fonts in Word can't be formatted with a gradient,
> you'll have to settle for a single color, which will be a sort of
> orangey-yellow. There are only two ways that I know of to get true metallic
> gold:
>
> 1. Use a desktop printer that takes a gold ink cartridge in place of black.
> In this case, you set the type as black (Automatic) as usual, but it comes
> out gold.
>
> 2. Ditto for a commercial printer. You set the copy in black, and he prints
> it with gold ink.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
> Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
> all may benefit.
>
> "SSchwalbe" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:FB90C188-344A-4418-AF34-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I am writing up a 50th wedding invitation and would like the type to be in
> > gold. What combinations of colors should I try? I have a Lexmark 1150
> printer.
>

That is indeed very nice. Unfortunately, as I pointed out, ordinary text
type in Word doesn't permit shading.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Shauna Kelly" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi Suzanne
>
> With 2 computers at home and several more at different work sites, I
remain
> astonished at how differently the same colour displays on different
> monitors, and even on the same monitor in slightly different lighting
> conditions.
>
> And different colour printers will produce slightly different colours from
> the same document, too.
>
> But the best gold I've ever seen done just with ordinary screen colours is
> in the vertical border at http://www.helpmaster.com/index.htm. I think
it's
> the shading that provides the illusion of shine.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
> http://www.shaunakelly.com/word
>
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > That looks kind of chartreuse on my screen. I would add more red, I
think
> > (in fact, I have to run it all the way up to 255 to get something that
> > looks
> > "gold" to me).
> >
> > I recently made a graphic that was supposed to be gold on red, and the
> > color
> > I used (in Publisher) was Accent 2 (Gold), which is 225, 204, 0).
> >
> > --
> > Suzanne S. Barnhill
> > Microsoft MVP (Word)
> > Words into Type
> > Fairhope, Alabama USA
> > Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
> > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup
> > so
> > all may benefit.
> >
> > "Jay Freedman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> While I agree with Suzanne that inkjets don't simulate "metallic"
> >> colors very well, you can try the RGB combination R=217, G=217, B=25.
> >> To enter this, click the More Colors item at the bottom of the font
> >> color dropdown, click the Custom tab, and type the numbers in the
> >> boxes.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Regards,
> >> Jay Freedman
> >> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
> >>
> >> On Sat, 7 May 2005 14:58:09 -0500, "Suzanne S. Barnhill"
> >> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> >>
> >> >You're unlikely to find a single color that will really much resemble
> >> >metallic gold, and since fonts in Word can't be formatted with a
> > gradient,
> >> >you'll have to settle for a single color, which will be a sort of
> >> >orangey-yellow. There are only two ways that I know of to get true
> > metallic
> >> >gold:
> >> >
> >> >1. Use a desktop printer that takes a gold ink cartridge in place of
> > black.
> >> >In this case, you set the type as black (Automatic) as usual, but it
> > comes
> >> >out gold.
> >> >
> >> >2. Ditto for a commercial printer. You set the copy in black, and he
> > prints
> >> >it with gold ink.
> >> >
> >> >--
> >> >Suzanne S. Barnhill
> >> >Microsoft MVP (Word)
> >> >Words into Type
> >> >Fairhope, Alabama USA
> >> >Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
> >> >Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
> >> >newsgroup
> > so
> >> >all may benefit.
> >> >
> >> >"SSchwalbe" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> >news:FB90C188-344A-4418-AF34-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> >> I am writing up a 50th wedding invitation and would like the type to
> >> >> be
> > in
> >> >> gold. What combinations of colors should I try? I have a Lexmark
1150
> >> >printer.
> >>
> >
>
>