How do they make white gold?

Question

i heard they just coat gold with silver

Answer 1

It's a gold/nickel or gold/palladium alloy .............. it is NOT plated or coated in any other way

Answer 2

White gold rings are frequently coated with rhodium. Rhodium is similar to platinum and shares many of its properties, including its white color. Because the natural color of white gold is light grey, rhodium plating makes white gold whiter. Plating increases luster in greyer jewelry, and prevents oxidation. Since rhodium eventually wears away, white gold should be replated with rhodium every 12 to 18 months. However, palladium and silver alloys are of a higher quality than nickel and are sometimes not coated with rhodium. Unlike silver, white gold does not tarnish.

Answer 3

White gold is an alloy of gold and at least one white metal, such as silver or palladium. White gold rings are frequently coated with rhodium.

Answer 4

There is no such thing as white gold!
There are however gold alloys which appear white, silvery, or grey.
When jewellers speak of white gold, they mean white gold alloys. In most other major languages these alloys are described as grey rather than white.

White gold is an alloy of gold and at least one white metal, such as silver or palladium. Like yellow gold, white gold is measured in carats.

Its properties vary depending on the metals and proportions used. As a result, white gold alloys can be used for different purposes; while a nickel alloy is hard, strong and therefore good for rings and pins, white gold-palladium alloys are soft, pliable and great for white gold gemstone settings.


It is usual for gold to be mixed with other metals to produce an alloy, which is simply a mixture of two or more metals. Throughout history, most people have preferred the colour of gold jewellery to remain close to that of pure gold itself, and so most jewellery has historically been made using yellow gold alloys.

White gold alloys became fashionable in the 1920's, mainly as a substitute for platinum, which had itself recently become fashionable. Platinum is quite expensive, needs greater temperatures than gold, and is generally considered harder to work with than gold, although it is ideal for use in diamond settings.

Most American and Italian white gold alloys use nickel.
A typical nickel containing white gold alloy might be, in parts per thousand:
Gold 750, Copper 55, Nickel 145, Zinc 50

Answer 5

To make white gold you melt gold and add zinc. It turns it white or silver.

Answer 6

No, it is more complicated than that. Sometimes they use Nickel or they can use Palladium to create white gold alloys.; it is related to platinum, it is more expensive than nickel.

Answer 7

WHITE GOLD IS JUST AN IMITATION OF PLATINUM--BUT NOT AS HARD WEARING --PLATINUM IS THE HARDEST OF ALL METALS , IT CAN CUT INTO GOLD -I WAS TOLD BY A JEWELLER IT WOULD CUT INTO MY GOLD RINGS.

Answer 8

I have also heard this. Platinum is the best as it looks shinier than silver.

Answer 9

I asked a jeweller this today. Its gold plated with rhodium.