The Color of Love
July 5th, 2017
More often than not, guys will try and do a little secret snooping to find out what their gal’s favorite ring color is, ensuring that the wedding band(s) purchased will be a perfect commemoration of not only their perfect day, but the beginning of a perfect life together.
It’s not hard to tell, though, when a fiancée’s significant other is fishing for clues! Below, we’ll talk about the most common metals for wedding bands, and information you can give to your significant other about them.
White Gold
Like rose gold, white gold is a kind of gold mixed with another metal, usually either nickel, palladium, or manganese. While rose gold was developed during a more Romantic period of history, white gold is a product of the 1920’s—the Jazz Age. And like anything from the Jazz Age, white gold has an Art Deco, chrome-like quality that reads immediately as classy.
White gold is a cool, elegant metal for band that compliments diamonds perfectly. To put the two together in a wedding band is a recipe for a bride who always comes off as sophisticated and collected.
Platinum
Platinum means, in the original Spanish, “little silverâ€, because when the metal was brought to the attention of the Spanish by the native peoples who had been using it for centuries, they thought it was an impurity of silver.
The Spanish didn’t know what they had, because platinum is one of the most unique and eye-catching metals to make wedding bands from. Beyond its silky, voluptuous look (which is very distinct from gold), platinum is very rare and incredibly strong, resisting both wear and tear and the tarnishing that affects silver.
If you’d like to find out more about the kinds of metals you can choose for your wedding band, including exotic choices like tungsten and green gold, visit us at our Virginia Beach showroom today, or visit us at LongJewelers.net. You can also call (757)-498-1186 to get in touch with us.
