What are some ways to make gold food coloring?

A deep reddish yellow (gold) is easy- use lots of yellow and add a bit of orange or red- or better yet use golden yellow Wilton | Icing Color . read more

Gold food dyes are available over the counter under ‘edible’ labels which can be used in food. It usually works with 10 parts of lemon yellow with 3 parts orange and 1 part Christmas red. For those who are particularly conscious about synthetic dyes can make it at home. read more

“Gold” is both a color (some sort of yellow/orange) and a surface appearance of the metal of that name. You can certainly mix red and yellow food coloring and arrive at any shade of orange you care for - but no mixture of colorings will make it look anything remotely like the metal. read more