Gold Gradient
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Ah, ok, I see now there're related threads.. ouch, A_T - you've not had a good day here, have you?
The problem you've got is that, as skt says, you're not going to be able to pullof a convincing gold effect across an entire page - you really will need metallic finish for that. However, as Tank says, if you change the colouration of the page and use gold effect details sparingly, you may be able to.
In my experience, the way to make something look gold is to employ a sense of depth - usually by rimming (oo-er) one gradient with a counter-gradient. ie. One gradient by itself will usually jst look like yellow-to-orange.. not gold. So, in your example, you could make the header box one gradient, give it a thick stroke (oo-er) then add a counter gradient.
Last gold effect thing I did ended up consisting of two gradient sets - one light to mid, the other mid to dark.
Something else you need to pay attention to - in the brand you're working on, the gopld they've settled on is very Orange - which is an unnatural colour - it looks shinier and brighter, but it's not necessarily true. Normally, a gold gradient wouldn't be so vibrant and yellow and would include green tints.
If I were you, I'd go off the tintis provided in the brand and USE THEM SPARINGLY! Hope this helps.
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