Rose, red and pink gold

Rose gold is a gold and copper alloy widely used for specialized jewellery due to its reddish color. It is also known as pink gold and red gold.

As it was popular in Russia at the beginning of the nineteenth century, it is also known as Russian gold, although this term has become somewhat rare.

Although the names are often used interchangeably, the difference between red, rose, and pink gold is the copper content - the higher the copper content, the stronger the red coloration, as pure gold is yellow and pure copper is reddish.

A common alloy for rose gold is 75% gold and 25% copper by mass (18 carat).

Since rose gold is an alloy, there is therefore no such thing as "pure rose gold".

Rose gold alloys

The highest carat version of rose gold is also known as crown gold, which is 22 carat.

18 carat rose gold may be made of 25% copper and 75% gold.

For 18 carat rose gold, typically about 4% silver is added to the 75% gold and 21% copper to give a rose color.

14 carat red gold is often found in the Middle East and contains 41.67% copper.

The hallmarks for rose is the same as all gold hallmarks

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