can someone explain the difference between white gold, yellow gold platinum, thank you?

Answer 1

Gold is my specialist subject! Pure, refined gold is referred to as 24 carat. 24 carat = 100%. Pure, 24 carat gold comes in ONE colour only - blindingly bright yellow. 'White' gold is merely yellow gold that has had silver added to it for 2 reasons (1) to make it look white and (2) to make it cheaper for the jeweller to make than using pure gold only.

22 carat gold is used for some rings and for sovereigns. It is 91.67% gold and 8.33% copper. This makes it harder and it wears better. Continental gold coins (20 Francs, etc) are 90% gold (21.6 carats). 18 carat gold is 75% gold and 25% copper. 9 carat gold is 37.5% gold and 62.5% copper. (Almost twice as much copper than gold in 9 carat 'gold').

Very few things are made of 24 carat gold. It is possible to buy 24 carat gold coins for investment. They are the Canadian Maple Leaf, the Chinese Panda, the Australian Nugget and (new this year) the American Bison. You can also buy bars of gold ranging from a fraction of an ounce up to 1 kilo (£11,000). You could, if you had the money, buy a 400 ounce bullion bar for around £127,000.

Platinum is a totally different metal to gold. It looks like silver. However, silver costs exactly £7 per ounce today while platinum costs £563 per ounce. Bit of a difference! Gold is £318 today.

I hope this explains it all to you.

Answer 2

yellow is the normal colour of gold. White gold is gold and silver mixed. Platinum is rarer than gold and costs more and can be the colour of white gold.Pure gold is 24 carat and is expensive, and is a wonderfull gold colour. To make it more affordable it is mixed with other metals down to 9 carat which most people actuallybuy then 18 carat which is more pure and so on. I have only one item made of 24 carat gold and it a beautiful.
Another important fact is the more pure gold is, the softer it is a nd will wear out quicker. Another reason for buying cheaper 9 carat is that it is harder and will not wear out so quickly.

Answer 3

Platinum is a different element from gold. It looks like silver, but isn't. White, red and yellow gold are all found in jewellery.

Answer 4

Yellow gold and white gold are both the element 'gold' but different colours. White gold is rarer. Platinum is a completely different metal. Heavier than gold.

Answer 5

"Gold" is a term for a any number of alloys containing elemental gold.

Pure elemental gold (28 K if there were such a thing in jewelry) would be so soft, you'd be able to crumble it in your fingers, and it would be very yellow.

White gold generally gets its "white" coloring from a precious metal called "Rhodium", although sometimes platinum is used for the purpose.

Platinum is an extremely rare elemental metal. Jewelry made from Platinum is about 80% elemental platinum, for optimal strength and malleability.

There is also a "rose gold" which gets it's pinkish hue from bronze compounds, as I understand it.

Answer 6

White gold is an alloy of gold and at least one white metal, usually nickel, manganese or palladium. Like yellow gold, the purity of white gold is given in karats. Rose gold is a gold and copper alloy widely used for specialized jewelry Yellow gold has little other metal added to it. As gold is soft silver is usually added to make it harder. The most common grades of gold, in addition to pure 24K, are 22K (92%), 18K (75%), 14K (58%) and 9K (38%). The more gold 24k the softer the ring will be, do not wear different karat gold together as a harder gold (lower karat) will damage a softer gold.

Answer 7

The color of white gold is silverish. The color of yellow gold platinum is goldish.

Both are gold, however, just different colors of gold.

Answer 8

It was a good question, one I just nver thought to ask. I think I learned something. Thanks.

Answer 9

YES THEY ALL ARE DIFFERANT COLOURS