Gold is a yellow metal in its natural unalloyed state. However, it is a very soft metal, which means that can be easily made into different shapes. This quality, together with its natural beauty has made gold one of the most popular metals for fancy wedding bands since early times. However, pure 24 karat gold, is rarely if ever used in jewelry making. being a soft metal, it easily loses its shape. This means that detailed designs etched into its surface are quickly rubbed away and any gemstones set into it, fall out and are easily lost. This is obviously undesirable, especially for expensive gemstones such as diamonds!
To overcome this shortcoming, and improve its strength and suitability for jewelry manufacture, gold is typically alloyed with at least one other metal before use. The nature of the alloy, its color and the relative amount of it determine the properties and color of the resultant gold for rose gold wedding rings. And one of the prettiest metal alloys used, is copper. This metal is a rich reddish brown color. It gives a distinctive tint to the resultant gold, which ranges in color from red to pink. This is rose gold. it is also called red gold or pink gold. The pretty pinkish red hue of rose gold makes it look very feminine and makes it particularly suitable for women’s jewelry. However, the deeper red tints are increasingly used in men’s jewelry too. The reason for the differences in colors of rose gold comes from the amount of alloyed copper. The more copper that is contained within a piece, the more coppery, and so red that particular piece of gold will look. for example, 18k rose gold will comprise 18 parts pure gold and 6 parts copper alloy, whereas a 10k rose gold item will be only 10 parts pure gold and 14 parts copper. The higher copper content in the 10k item will mean that it will look more red and less pink than the 18k jewelry.
Rose gold engagement rings are also well suited for multi-color designs and patterns or etchings across the ring itself. This doesn’t only make the ring have a certain personalized feel to it. It also can be designed to perfectly fit various choices of gemstones and diamonds. Attaching these to the ring in different settings makes the rings very personal and made to especially to fit your lover. A very interesting form of engagement ring can even feature gold, rose gold and silver all along side each other. This pattern forms wonderful rainbow trio rings guaranteed to spark notice and questions of others when they see it on your finger. Quality and color of your engagement ring can set the distinct personality your marriage will be set off of. In example inlay wedding bands are a combination of sincerity and romance for couples to aspire to have in their relationship. Just be careful when deciding to purchase a rose colored ring, they are very pricey and it would devastating to find that after all that cost, your lover would have preferred plain gold.
