The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a fiction novel that concerns the young and mysterious rich Jay Gatsby and his obsession with Mrs. Daisy Buchanan. . Color is used throughout The Great Gatsby to better illustrate the authors' underlying meanings of wealth, facade, and hope. Gold symbolizes success and wealth and adds a sense of value to anything that wears it. When Gatsby invites Nick to the party at his mansion, even the "turkeys bewitched with dark gold" (41), reflecting Gatsby's success and value as a host and individual. Jordan Baker is a successful and wealthy athlete, and is rightly known as "golf's golden girl" (19) due to her success as a professional athlete. The richness of golden-colored things will sometimes turn yellow; thus revealing that wealth is only a facade, a sensation or an ephemeral encounter; Don't be fooled by the value of real gold. When Nick and Jordan "sat down at the table with the two girls in yellow" (44) at Gatsby's first party, their conversation is short and unimportant, the women's names are unknown....