Gold
Golds occupy the ruling Color in the Society. Their physical advantages are reinforced by selective breeding, bodily modification and training. Their political and military culture draws heavily on ancient Rome.
The Peerless Scarred are an elite within Gold, distinguished by a facial scar. The The Institute tests prospective leaders through lethal competition; wealth or Gold ancestry alone does not make someone Peerless.
Mickey reconstructs Darrow's body and replaces his Red sigils so that he can enter Gold society under a false identity.