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Many Colors of Gold
The good thing about gold is that it is quite malleable, thus its use in a number of industrial applications. However, when it comes to making jewelry, sometimes jewelers like to mix gold with other metals to make studier pieces of jewelry. At other times, they decide to mix gold with other metals because they like the effect: gold is not afraid to share the spotlight, so when it is combined with another metal, this can result in a great new color.
White Gold
White gold can be created using various other metals. For example, when an alloy of gold and nickel is created, the result is a strong substance that is good for crafting rings and pins. In contrasts, combining gold and palladium makes for a substance that is stronger than gold, but still easy to manipulate, making it ideal for gemstone settings. Gold can also be combined with copper, silver or platinum in varying amounts to make white gold.
Rose and Red Gold
Rose gold can be made by combing gold with copper and silver, while red gold normally contains gold with a high percentage of copper.
Purple and Violet Gold
This gold alloy often contains more gold than other alloys. Purple gold is made by combining gold and aluminum. Because of its brittle characteristics, purple gold is not used to fashion jewelry pieces the way other gold alloys are. It is often made to function as a gemstone in a setting.
Blue Gold
Blue gold is made by mixing gold with indium, a soft metal that is silver and white in appearance.
Green Gold
Jewelers make green gold by combining gold and silver. Some people would say that green gold is not truly green; instead it is yellow colored with a greenish tinge to it. Just as green gold only has hints of green, it is often used to provide a little hint of contrast in gold pieces made primarily of other kinds of gold. It sort of functions in gold the way highlights serve to provide a hint of color in someone's hairstyle.
Since you are probably not a jeweler, you probably are not going to attempt to make gold alloys at home. What you can attempt is an experiment where you turn gold into green when you sell gold to a gold buyer. You'll get cash for gold and the green that you get from selling gold will really take you places.
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