We all known that natural gold will have bright yellow colour, but if mixture with other elements such as white gold contain that mixture of palladium, zinc, and nickel; while mixture with pure copper, red or pink coloured gold will display.
Rose gold is a gold and copper alloy widely used for specialized jewellery. Rose gold, also known as pink gold and red gold, was popular in Russia at the beginning of the nineteenth century. It becoming more popular in the 21st century and is commonly used for wedding rings, bracelets, and other jewellery.
Although the difference between red, rose, and pink gold is the copper content. The higher the copper content, the stronger the red coloration. Pink gold uses least copper, followed by rose gold, with red gold having the higher copper content.
Purchase the pink gold jewellery must ensure that there is a stamp of purity of gold as well as hallmark of the brand on the jewellery. Ensure to get the warranty card or certificate to check the percentage of gold.
Due to increasing popularity of pink gold, some efforts have created pink gold in various ways. For the economy price, ‘Gold Plate’ technique has been introduced, and abbreviation ‘GP’ will be added of the word Pink Gold. For example, silver bracelet with pink gold plate should have stamp on jewellery as ‘925’ and ‘Pink Gold GP’; which means silver is the main material and pink gold plate is cover the jewellery to changes the colour of jewellery as to increase the luxurious.
Pink gold must take lots of care as there is copper on the mixture which could be rust easily by human swear. After wearing pink gold jewellery make sure to wiping the sweat every time and clean with warm water. After clean, place the jewellery in the zippered bag for extending the shine and enhance the colour.