Gold is the world's best-known precious metal. While gold's natural color is yellow, the precious metal can also come in a variety of colors: yellow, white and even a pinkish hue. Rose gold is becoming increasingly popular, following in the footsteps of white gold. Rose gold is a symbol of elegance and timeless refinement, and can be used to create original jewelry.
We can find all kinds of rose gold jewelry, for women as well as for men in the form of watches, for example.
Composition of Rose Gold
The composition of rose gold can vary according to the number of carats.
Here are the most common pink-tinted gold alloys:
Composition of 18-carat rose gold (750/1000): 75% fine gold + 22.25% copper + 2.75% silver
Composition of 18-carat rose gold (750/1000): 75% fine gold + 20% copper + 5% silver
14-carat pink gold (583/1000) is composed of 58.3% fine gold + 24.5% copper + 17.2% silver.
9-carat rose gold (375/1000) is composed of 37.5% fine gold + 42.5% copper + 20% silver.
While the amount of pure gold is standardized by carat, the rest of the rose gold's composition can change. The jeweler can modify the proportions of copper and silver to find the perfect shade of pink.
What are the benefits of Rose Gold?
Aesthetics
Rose gold is becoming increasingly popular, especially with women, but also with men. Its pinkish hue stands out from the usual yellow and white, and makes it ideal for the manufacture of original objects. Any type of gemstone can be set in this shade of gold, but emeralds and tsavorite should be avoided.
Apart from the originality of the color, there are also technical advantages.
Technical advantages
On the other hand, being colored in the mass, its hue does not fade over time, despite the knocks and scratches your ring may receive throughout your life. What's more, copper is a hard metal that improves gold's resistance to knocks and scratches.
Rose gold goes very well with a wide range of precious and semi-precious stones, which are often requested to adorn rings.
As for price, rose gold is no more expensive than yellow gold.
What is the price of Rose Gold?
When we talk about intrinsic value, taking into account the quantity of precious metal, the price of rose gold is the same as that of yellow gold or any other gold color. So, the value of a piece of gold jewelry for the value of gold depends mainly on its total weight and its gold content indicated by the gold carat or thousandths of gold.
However, rose gold jewelry is original in its color and aesthetic appeal.
Thus, the value of a piece of gold jewelry is relatively subjective, depending solely on its beauty and not on the precious metal contained in the alloy. There are different ways of assessing the price. You can consult the price in jewelry stores, which is often higher than the equivalent in yellow gold because it's more fashionable and therefore more in demand.
