Celebrate the year’s other hot color, navy blue, with punches of gold. The gold keeps the blue from looking too “country” or “nautical.”. Deep navy’s are bold and beautiful, especially paired with lovely metallic golds. Cerulean to navy, gold looks great with blue hues. Black and gold, black and gold. As a solid color, silver is usually equated with gray, which can be achieved by mixing black and white. Silver usually has a lighter shade, however, compared to the latter. To replicate silver's metallic tone, mix shades of grays (or mix them with white) to create a silver gradient. The color gold is a warm color that can be either bright and cheerful or somber and traditional. The color gold is cousin to the color yellow and the color brown, and is also associated with illumination, love, compassion, courage, passion, magic, and wisdom.