Oro o dorado es un color amarillo naranja o ámbar no saturado, que evoca el aspecto cromático del oro nativo, es decir, del oro casi puro. Es una coloración que se encuentra estandarizada, pudiendo hallársela en inventarios cromáticos y catálogos de colores. En la parte superior del recuadro de la derecha puede verse una muestra del color estándar «oro». Dorado (de dorar, y este del latín deaurare) es la adjetivación de los colores que se parecen a la coloración estándar «oro». Se dice también aurífero y áurico. Bajo estas líneas se proporciona una muestra de un color dorado.

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Gold, also called golden, is one of a variety of yellow-orange color blends used to give the impression of the color of the element gold. The web color gold is sometimes referred to as golden to distinguish it from the color metallic gold. The use of gold as a color term in traditional usage is more often applied to the color "metallic gold" (shown below). The first recorded use of golden as a color name in English was in 1300 to refer to the element gold and in 1423 to refer to blond hair. Metallic gold, such as in paint, is often called goldtone or gold-tone. In heraldry, the French word or is used. In model building, the color gold is different from brass. A shiny or metallic silvertone object can be painted with transparent yellow to obtain goldtone, something often done with Christmas decorations.

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