42 color schemes

Red and Gold Wedding Color Combination Ideas

Red and gold wedding color schemes sorted by the third color: ivory, white, black, burgundy, green or silver.

More filters

Show all 42

Crimson, gold and ivoryOne red, one gold, and ivory to rest the eye. #DC143C · #D4AF37 · #FFFFF0
Scarlet, gold and champagneThe brightest red here, on a warm pale ground. #FF2400 · #D4AF37 · #F7E7CE
Carmine, gold and whiteDeep red on white, edged in gold. #960018 · #D4AF37 · #FFFFFF
Crimson, forest green, gold and ivoryRed against dark green, with gold between. #DC143C · #228B22 · #D4AF37 · #FFFFF0
Cardinal, old gold and creamA cool red beside a gold with a little green in it. #C41E3A · #CFB53B · #FFFDD0
Crimson, gold and blackRed and gold on black, with no pale color in the scheme. #DC143C · #D4AF37 · #000000
Red, gold and whitePure red, metal gold, clean white. #FF0000 · #D4AF37 · #FFFFFF

Next step Red with other partners Schemes in every color

All 42 color schemes

With ivory and cream 7

Cardinal, old gold and cream A cool red beside a gold with a little green in it. #C41E3A · #CFB53B · #FFFDD0
Carmine, goldenrod and ivory A dark red that leaves the shining to the gold. #960018 · #DAA520 · #FFFFF0
Crimson, gold and ivory One red, one gold, and ivory to rest the eye. #DC143C · #D4AF37 · #FFFFF0
Dark red, gold and linen Deep red and metal gold on plain linen. #8B0000 · #D4AF37 · #FAF0E6
Firebrick, old gold, peach and ivory Brick red and old gold, softened by peach. #B22222 · #CFB53B · #FFE5B4 · #FFFFF0
Scarlet, gold and champagne The brightest red here, on a warm pale ground. #FF2400 · #D4AF37 · #F7E7CE
Venetian red, dark goldenrod and old lace An earthy red with a browner gold. #C80815 · #B8860B · #FDF5E6

With white 7

Cardinal, gold and snow Sharp and bright, with nothing dark in it. #C41E3A · #D4AF37 · #FFFAFA
Carmine, gold and white Deep red on white, edged in gold. #960018 · #D4AF37 · #FFFFFF
Crimson, old gold and ghost white Crimson and old gold on the coolest white. #DC143C · #CFB53B · #F8F8FF
Persian red, old gold and seashell A softer red on a white with some warmth. #CC3333 · #CFB53B · #FFF5EE
Red, gold and white Pure red, metal gold, clean white. #FF0000 · #D4AF37 · #FFFFFF
Rose madder, gold, pale pink and white Red and gold, with one pale pink between them. #E32636 · #D4AF37 · #FADADD · #FFFFFF
Scarlet, goldenrod and white An orange-leaning red with a yellow gold. #FF2400 · #DAA520 · #FFFFFF

With black 7

Cardinal, old gold and charcoal Charcoal is gentler than black and keeps the red cool. #C41E3A · #CFB53B · #36454F
Carmine, goldenrod and jet Low light: deep red, yellow gold, near-black. #960018 · #DAA520 · #343434
Crimson, gold and black Red and gold on black, with no pale color in the scheme. #DC143C · #D4AF37 · #000000
Dark red, gold, black and ivory Dark on dark, with ivory to break it up. #8B0000 · #D4AF37 · #000000 · #FFFFF0
Red, old gold, black and white Four strong colors, each with its own job. #FF0000 · #CFB53B · #000000 · #FFFFFF
Scarlet, gold and jet A hot red against a soft black. #FF2400 · #D4AF37 · #343434
Venetian red, dark goldenrod, charcoal and cream Earth red and brown gold, held by charcoal. #C80815 · #B8860B · #36454F · #FFFDD0

With burgundy 7

Burgundy, cinnabar, goldenrod and champagne Burgundy leads here, with a flash of orange-red. #800020 · #E34234 · #DAA520 · #F7E7CE
Cardinal, wine, old gold and cream Cardinal for the brightness, wine for the depth. #C41E3A · #722F37 · #CFB53B · #FFFDD0
Crimson, burgundy, gold and ivory Two reds, one bright and one dark, with gold. #DC143C · #800020 · #D4AF37 · #FFFFF0
Persian red, burgundy, old gold and parchment Soft red and burgundy on a paper-colored neutral. #CC3333 · #800020 · #CFB53B · #F1E9D2
Rose madder, wine, gold and linen A clear red laid over a wine red. #E32636 · #722F37 · #D4AF37 · #FAF0E6
Scarlet, claret, gold and white The widest gap between two reds on the page. #FF2400 · #7F1734 · #D4AF37 · #FFFFFF
Venetian red, catawba, gold and ivory Red earth with a grape-dark second red. #C80815 · #703642 · #D4AF37 · #FFFFF0

With green 7

Cardinal, hunter green, old gold and cream A dark green makes the red look brighter still. #C41E3A · #355E3B · #CFB53B · #FFFDD0
Carmine, sage, gold and champagne A gray-green that calms the red. #960018 · #BCB88A · #D4AF37 · #F7E7CE
Crimson, forest green, gold and ivory Red against dark green, with gold between. #DC143C · #228B22 · #D4AF37 · #FFFFF0
Dark red, fern green, gold and white Deep red and leaf green, lifted by white. #8B0000 · #4F7942 · #D4AF37 · #FFFFFF
Firebrick, dark olive green, old gold and linen Brick and olive, both a little dusty. #B22222 · #556B2F · #CFB53B · #FAF0E6
Scarlet, emerald, goldenrod and white The loudest scheme here: jewel green and scarlet. #FF2400 · #50C878 · #DAA520 · #FFFFFF
Venetian red, laurel green, dark goldenrod and ivory Red earth with a pale, quiet green. #C80815 · #A9BA9D · #B8860B · #FFFFF0

With silver 7

Cardinal, old gold, silver and ivory Old gold and silver, close in strength. #C41E3A · #CFB53B · #C0C0C0 · #FFFFF0
Carmine, goldenrod, silver and snow Deep red and yellow gold, cooled by silver and snow. #960018 · #DAA520 · #C0C0C0 · #FFFAFA
Crimson, gold, silver and white Both metals at once, with one red. #DC143C · #D4AF37 · #C0C0C0 · #FFFFFF
Dark red, gold and silver No pale neutral at all: a deep red and two metals. #8B0000 · #D4AF37 · #C0C0C0
Persian red, old gold, light gray and cream Light gray in place of silver, for a matte look. #CC3333 · #CFB53B · #D3D3D3 · #FFFDD0
Red, gold, silver and black Red, gold and silver, set on black. #FF0000 · #D4AF37 · #C0C0C0 · #000000
Scarlet, gold and platinum Platinum stands in for silver, paler and warmer. #FF2400 · #D4AF37 · #E5E4E2

How it works

Each of these red and gold wedding color combination ideas holds a red and a gold, shown as a swatch with its hex codes.

Read the full guide

Why gold looks flat on a screen

What makes gold look like gold is its metallic shine, and a flat color cannot show that: the brightness of real metal changes with the angle of the light. The gold in these swatches is a plain yellow that stands in for it. In paint the shine comes from a metallic paint or from gold leaf, not from the code.

Bright red or deep red

A bright red with gold is the loud version of the pair. A deep red, such as carmine, dark red or firebrick, steps back and leaves the gold as the brightest thing in the scheme. Under More filters, Bright red or Deep red keeps one kind.

Questions and answers

What are red and gold wedding colors?

A red, a gold and nearly always a pale neutral. Crimson, gold and ivory is the plain version, Cardinal, old gold and cream a quieter one and Red, gold and white the brightest.

What third color goes with wedding colors of red and gold?

Ivory or white keeps the pair light. Black darkens it, burgundy deepens it with a second red, green sets a cool color against the two warm ones, and silver adds a second metal.

What are red, gold and silver wedding color combinations?

The group With silver holds them: Crimson, gold, silver and white, Cardinal, old gold, silver and ivory, or Red, gold, silver and black. Two more in that group swap the silver for platinum or light gray.

What is the hex code for gold?

In the color list this page follows, metallic gold is #D4AF37, old gold #CFB53B, goldenrod #DAA520 and dark goldenrod #B8860B. These are screen colors, so ask a printer for a proof.

Notes

Facts on this page were checked against the sources named under the list. If you spot a mistake, tell us through the contact page and we will check it and correct the page.

More notes about this page

Results are random and meant for fun, practice and planning. Do not rely on them for a decision that matters.

How this list was compiled: Every scheme is our own grouping of three or four colors that holds at least one red and one gold, with the neutral last, sorted by the third color and by how deep the red is. Nothing here is a rule of etiquette, and no color is said to mean anything. Each color name and its hex code are taken as printed in Wikipedia's List of colors (A–F, G–M and N–Z: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colors:_A%E2%80%93F, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colors:_G%E2%80%93M, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colors:_N%E2%80%93Z), read 12 October 2026. Every name and code in this list was compared with those three pages that day, and no color named after a paint maker, a crayon maker, a school or a product is used. Names shortened in a scheme's name: Forest green is the list's Forest green (web) and Gold is the list's Gold (metallic). The words accent and neutral follow Wikipedia's Color scheme article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_scheme), read the same day. The bands of each swatch and the hex codes run in the order the name gives them. That the shine of metallic gold cannot be shown by a flat color, and that paint gets it from a metallic paint or gold leaf, is from Wikipedia's Gold (color) article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_(color)), read the same day. Licence: own work