Bronze gives warmth without the announcement gold makes. It is a metallic, so it carries depth rather than sitting flat, but it reads lower in the room and lets the counter and the faucet stay in the conversation.
It is the best finish in the range against natural stone. Where a bright metal fights travertine, limestone and warm marble, bronze picks up the tones already in the stone and looks as though it was specified alongside it rather than after it.
Bronze also flatters warm timber, which makes it the natural choice on a walnut or oak vanity where silver would read cold.
Keep abrasive pads and chlorine based cleaners away from it.