Gold colors where's the difference?

Colorful gold

You will certainly already have noticed that gold is certainly not one color but can occur in just about any color. Only for jewelry are limited to the 3 best known colors with different gradations in between.

The most famous color is undoubtedly yellow gold. Everyone knows the classic yellow gold wedding rings, don't they? The pure color of pure is ochre yellow, the reason why we do not find this color in jewelry is because gold in its pure form is too soft. If you were to shake someone's hand and they were wearing a ring made of pure gold, the ring would no longer be round but would completely mold to the shape of your finger. Set stones would then also spontaneously fall out. That is why we alloy gold. But what exactly is alloying?

Gold alloying to the most beautiful color

Alloying is mainly done to make the gold stronger, improve its mechanical properties and thus change it. Depending on which metals are added, we also change the color of the gold. For the well-known soft yellow in 18 carats, we use copper and silver as additives. https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geel_goud

White gold is obtained by adding palladium copper and silver or nickel silver zinc and copper. Sometimes manganese is also used to make white gold. There are at least about 10 shades of color in white gold. Each with their specific properties. It's just what you like best! https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witgoud

Red gold is a composition of mostly copper a little bit of silver. Depending on how much copper one uses the redder the gold will become. But if one uses a little more silver one can obtain rose or orange gold. https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rood_goud

Gold with various color combinations

If you cannot choose which color you like to wear, you can of course use a mix of 2 or 3 colors. Also very nice is playing with contrasts by placing color stones in a certain color of gold. In white gold, one usually uses white diamonds because this enhances or improves the color. But when you place yellow diamonds in a white gold ring it is going to stand out extremely. Are you still unsure about what suits you best? Then contact me, I will look at the different options with you!