Why are there so many different colours of gold?

Just as with silver, gold in its purest form is too soft for use in jewellery. Additional alloys are mixed to increase the strength and durability of the metal.

Pure gold is yellow but when these additional alloys are added the resulting mixture can appear a variety of shades of yellow, white or even pink.

These different ranges of colour are not seen as imperfections but rather looked upon as a desirable consequence of adding the alloys.

Different craftsmen prefer different colours and often pride themselves on the colours of gold they can create with careful blending and heating. The creation of a spectrum of colours is as much of an art as the crafting of the jewellery.

Which colour of gold jewellery you select is a matter of personal preference but the increase range of colours and tones adds a pleasant amount of variety to an already beautiful material.

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