It is very important that all the ingredients are pure and that the amounts of each are weighed very accurately, otherwise inferior quality jewelry will result. Palladium is used to make white gold for gem settings producing a pliable metal with a very high melting point so that our jewelers do not melt very fine settings and filigree work as they solder them together. Platinum is sometimes added to these alloys to improve certain features. White gold was invented after the first world war and until that time all white jewelry was made with platinum or silver. This set off the art deco fashion for white jewelry during the 1920's and 30's.
Pink gold is made by adding more copper than silver.
Pink gold was the only lower carat gold available until after the 1st World War, when trained metallurgists discovered the addition of a tiny amount of zinc made a 10K yellow gold alloy. Sometimes designers use pink gold as an accent. All rights reserved.