It’s all about the contrast!
I love working with solids; the cake is brown, the flowers are pink, the topper is gold. That doesn’t mean the topper has to be a solid color. Would you have guessed that four colors were used on this one? The topper can be multi-tonal but the idea is to have it appear to be one color from far away by picking shades that are close to one another. It’s still interesting — the closer you get the more dimension you start to see.
Font: Eileen, Colors: Lt Colorado Topaz, Gold Shadow, Lt Peach, Silk