Rose gold in jewelry

The rose gold that we use to make jewelery (and watches) is an alloy of fine, therefore yellow, gold with copper.

It is the copper that gives the gold the color so characteristic of rose gold.

Silver is also found in rose gold alloys, it is the proportion of gold, copper and silver that gives it its title and its pink color shade.

Find out all about the rose gold we use to make personalized rings and jewelry.

Fine gold coins with copper shot used to prepare rose gold alloy

Index

1. Rose gold, a new trend
2. The composition of rose gold
3. The benefits of rose gold
4. Examples of rose gold jewelry

Rose gold, a new trend in jewelry

While a few years ago rose gold was not very popular, over the last decade we have seen a steady growth in demand for rose gold, especially for rings.

As the graph below shows, in 2007, very few Internet users were searching for rose gold information on Google or trying to buy rose gold rings online.

Today the demand has increased significantly.

This Google Trends graph shows the growth in demand for rose gold rings on Google since 2004 (you can click on the image to enlarge it)

It therefore seems that rose gold is gradually becoming trendy and establishing itself as a jewelry standard in the same way as yellow gold or white gold.

The composition of rose gold

There is no single «recipe» for preparing rose gold.

Depending on the grade of gold desired (18, 14 or 9 karat) and the shade of pink desired by the jeweler, the proportions of each metal may vary as shown in this table.

Chart of gold colors based on the proportion of alloyed metals

For example, here are some well-known preparations of rose gold:

Or 18 carats

• Composition of 18k red gold (750/1000): 75% fine gold + 25% copper
• Composition in 18k rose gold (750/1000): 75% Fine Gold + 22.25% Copper + 2.75% Silver
• Composition of 18k rose gold (750/1000): 75% fine gold + 20% copper + 5% silver

Or 14 carats

• Composition of 14 carat red gold (583/1000): 58.3% Fine Gold + 32.5% Copper + 9.2% Silver
• Composition in 14k rose gold (583/1000): 58.3% Fine Gold + 24.5% Copper + 17.2% Silver

Or 9 carats

• Composition of 9 carat red gold (375/1000): 37.5% Fine gold + 55% Copper + 7.5% Silver
• Composition of 9 carat rose gold (375/1000): 37.5% fine gold + 42.5% copper + 20% silver

Concretely, once the mixture of metals has been melted and polished, here is what we get:

Samples in 14 and 18 carat rose gold

Rose gold can take on more or less light tones and are more red than pink. It is the jeweler who decides which metals to use to obtain the most beautiful shade or the one desired by the customer.

What are the benefits of rose gold?

As we have seen previously, rose gold jewelery is increasingly requested by women.

It must be said that rose gold has many advantages.

• On the one hand it differs very well classic yellow gold and white gold, you can therefore try to have an original ring made of rose gold.
• Instead, being colored in the mass, its color does not fade over time, despite the bumps and scratches that your ring may receive over the course of your life.

• Rose gold goes very well with a large number of precious stones or fine stones which are often requested to adorn rings

• Copper is a hard metal that improves the dent and scratch behavior of gold
• When it comes to price, rose gold is no more expensive than yellow gold.

Raw rose gold rings

Furthermore, rose gold is a great choice if you want to wear diamonds while making a concession on the color of the latter (read our article on the 4Cs of diamonds).

In fact, thanks to its pink color, your diamond will appear whiter on a rose gold ring than on a white gold ring.

Therefore, choosing a rose gold setting will allow you to get a diamond that is less white in color but a little larger than a white gold setting for the same price.

Examples of rose gold jewelry

Because we make custom jewelry for our customers, we regularly have the opportunity to make rose gold jewelry, like the ones shown below.

Fine rings in 18k rose gold

Rose gold contains more copper than white gold and is therefore very easy to work with, which is useful when you want to create fine rings like the ones below.

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Aqualli ring in 18k rose gold, vivalatina collection

Another way to get a refined design for a ring is to work with gold wire.

Gold wire spiral ring

For this spiral ring we started with a 1.3 mm 750/1000 rose gold wire to create the winding, which was subsequently reinforced on the sides with additions that make the ring more rigid.

Fine ring in 18k rose gold made to measure

Rose gold rings with diamond

Rose gold goes particularly well with diamonds as it highlights the white tones by contrast, as well as the sparkle of the stone’s lights.

It is therefore ideally suited to the creation of engagement ringsCgo.

Whether a solitaire diamond set in a prong or bezel setting, the brilliance of the diamond contrasts particularly well with the color of rose gold.

Thin ring with solitaire

Thin solitaire diamond ring in 18k rose gold

Two-tone ring

Another ring model with a diamond set. The body of the ring is composed of rhodium-plated white gold while the setting of the diamonds is in 18k rose gold.

Two gold rings with solitaire diamond

Refined ring with three diamonds

Another design of a fine rose gold ring with 3 small prong set diamonds.

Thin rose gold ring with 3 small diamonds set in prongs

Engagement ringCrose gold wings

Custom creation of an engagement ringCalles two golds that combine white gold and rose gold from this ring model from our engagement ring collectionCgo.

Big ring

Rose gold poses no problems for making more massive rings.

The case presented here is that of an 18k rose gold skull ring, even wider than the other models in order to represent the sculpture of the skull.

Large rose gold ring made to measure

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