The color says gold, but they look more bronzy or a dirtier color gold, I would put them in a metallic brown category.  The heel said 4&#34; and a 3/4&#34; platform, so walking on a potentially 3 1/4&#34; shoe seemed fine to me.  I swear these heels are 6&#34;.  I could barely walk around my kitchen and I wear heels all the time.  Lovely to look at, tough to wear. I'm an 8 1/2 for the most part, that is what I ordered and they fit.