Colored gold
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Colored gold is any gold alloy that has a distinctive color. Pure gold is slightly reddish yellow in color, but colored gold can come in a variety of different colors by alloying it with different ele
Rhodium-plated white gold wedding ring
Rose gold diamond engagement ring
Electrum
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Electrum is a naturally occurring alloy of gold and silver, with trace amounts of copper and other metals. Its color ranges from pale to bright yellow, depending on the proportions of gold and silver.
Colored gold
…The alloy of 76% gold, 19% copper, and 5% aluminium yields a yellow color; the alloy of 76% gold, 18% copper, and 6% aluminium is pink. Electrum, a naturally occurring alloy of silver and gold, develops a greenish cast with increasing silver content, ranging in color from green-yellow (for…
Natural electrum "wires" on quartz, historic specimen from the old Smuggler-Union Mine, Telluride, Colorado, USA
The Pactolus river, from which Lydia obtained electrum for its early coinage
Electrum Phoenician bowl with mythological scenes, a sphinx frieze and the representation of a king vanquishing his enemies, Cypro-Archaic I, from Idalion, 8th–7th centuries BC (Louvre, Paris)
Brooch with a griffin protome, from the necropolis of Kameiros, Rhodes, c. 625–600 BC (Louvre)