Our standard foil options include antique gold and champagne gold. Both are gold-toned, but the difference between them is meaningful. Antique gold is warmer, slightly redder, reads as aged and heirloom. Champagne gold is cooler, slightly paler, reads as refined and contemporary. The choice is contextual.
Antique gold
Antique gold is the right default for family programs, wedding bottles, heirloom orders, and any context where the bottle is meant to read as if it has always been there. The warm tone harmonizes with cream paper, complements warm tungsten light, and ages into deeper amber over decades without losing character. Most of our customers, given a free choice, select antique gold.
Champagne gold
Champagne gold is the right choice for contemporary brands, modern restaurant programs, hotel welcome bottles in modernist properties, and corporate gifts where the brand identity is contemporary rather than heritage. The cool tone reads as refined under daylight and bright modern lighting. The contemporary register is appropriate for the modern brand.
The decision
The customer should consider the context the bottle will appear in. Cream linen with warm wood tables under tungsten light: antique gold. White linen with modern white tables under cool light: champagne gold. The customer can request swatches of both before approval; we ship a small swatch card with both foils on cream paper for in-context evaluation.