gilt

(noun) a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold. Synonyms: gilding.

(verb) decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold. Synonyms: gild, begild, engild.

(adj) having the deep slightly brownish color of gold. Synonyms: aureate, gilded, gold, golden. Examples: "Long aureate (or golden) hair." "A gold carpet."