I took a look again and on the page it looks mustard yellow-y indeed while on the brush there's a golden shine to it. I guess we'll never know for sure. Damn you, Floki, for burning it all!

When we saw Athelstan in the scriptorium, he was seen filling out some of the drawings with golden paint (someone correct me if I'm wrong). Now, in reality they usually painted those parts with a brownish colour and then put the gold on top to give it more depth. (I've definitely spent too much time studying medieval…