Restraint in Gold: Frames and Edges

A restrained use of gold. Gold appears only on thin lines and small items: the gold rim of porcelain, the thin gold line of a mirror frame, the brass of a lamp base, the edge of a photo frame. These are warm, dark golds rather than bright plating, with slight oxidation on the surface. Amidst the saturated pink, green, blue, and white, these golds provide warmth and weight. Avoid: using large areas of gold decoration, using bright plated gold, letting gold become the main color scheme, adding gold furniture and large objects.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一組節制使用的金色。金只出現在細的線與小的件上:瓷器的金邊、鏡框的細金線、燈座的黃銅、相框的邊。它們是溫暖的暗金而不是明亮的鍍金,表面有輕微的氧化。在飽和的粉綠藍白之間,這些金提供了溫暖與重量。避免:使用大面積的金色裝飾、使用亮面電鍍的金、讓金色成為主要的配色、加入金色的家具與大型物件。