What Is Rose Gold? A Brief History and Description
What Is Rose Gold? A Brief History and Description Penelope and Chelsea Wedding Bands and Becca Engagement Ring Rose gold is a blend, or an alloy of pure 24 karat yellow gold, copper and silver. Pure 24 karat yellow gold is the base for all gold colors and qualities, but is too soft to be used in a pure state for jewelry. It needs to be blended, or alloyed with other metals to strengthen it enough to wear. Different alloy recipes are used to color and determine all types of metal made into jewelry including platinum, white gold, yellow gold and rose gold. Image: i.materialise.com The depth of color in the rose gold depends on the ratio of yellow gold to copper. Less yellow gold , and a higher copper content will result in a more reddish rose color. As an example 14K rose gold is more of a rose pink color than 18K rose gold due to the higher yellow gold content in 18K. To create our lush ...