| u're looking for a romantic gift for your loved one, | | | | your wrist and determine if they are more bluish |
| gold jewellery is a perfect choice. However, if | | | | or greenish in colour. If they are bluish, your skin |
| you've been on the jewellery hunt for any length | | | | is cool toned; if greenish, warm toned. Also, check |
| of time, you would have discovered that there | | | | the colour of your eyes. People with cool tones |
| are many different options out there, and the | | | | often have blue, green, or grey eyes; those with |
| question arises, "what in the world should I | | | | warm tones generally have brown or black eyes. |
| choose??". In this article I'll try to take out some | | | | 2. Define skin tone. |
| of the mystery of this topic to assist you in | | | | Cool tones are brought out best by |
| choosing the perfect gold jewellery for either | | | | “jewel tones” blues, violets, pinks, |
| yourself or your loved one. | | | | and greens. Warm tones look great with |
| Gold is not just gold. 24 karat gold is pure gold, | | | | “earth tones”, such as reds, |
| whereas 18 karat gold is an alloy with 75% gold | | | | yellows, browns and greens. |
| and 25% other metal. Pure gold is too soft from | | | | 3. Choose appropriate metals based on your skin |
| which to create jewellery, so other metals are | | | | tone. |
| mixed with it to bring it to the required hardness. | | | | Cool tones look great in white gold, silver, or |
| Various metals are used to form an alloy that | | | | platinum, whereas yellow gold and rose gold |
| alters the colour of the gold, creating rose gold | | | | complement warm skin tones. |
| (25% copper), blue gold (a percentage of iron), | | | | 4. Choose appropriate stones based on your skin |
| green gold (mixed with silver), white gold (normally | | | | tone. |
| containing nickel, zinc, and copper), amongst | | | | A lot of your choice of stones will be personal |
| others. | | | | preference, but do take into consideration your |
| Before we delve into what colour golds are ideal | | | | skin tones and the colours that work well for you |
| for you, have you ever wondered what the | | | | (see step 2 for suggested colours). Do this just |
| difference between white gold and silver is? They | | | | as you would for determining if certain clothes suit |
| often look very similar, so what's the big deal with | | | | you. Does the colour work well for you in a shirt? |
| gold? A white gold alloy is much less susceptible to | | | | Then it will be stunning in jewellery as well. If the |
| corrosion than pure silver or sterling silver, so | | | | colour makes you look washed out when you |
| even though you may be paying more for the | | | | wear it in clothing, the likelihood is the colour won't |
| gold, it will be better quality and last longer and | | | | do well for you in jewellery either. If you know |
| better than silver. | | | | your wardrobe suits your skin colourings, your job |
| While you may think that it doesn't really matter | | | | is easy, as all you need to do is find jewellery to |
| what colour you wear so long as you like it, | | | | match those colours, and you have an outfit all |
| certain golds do indeed look better on different | | | | ready to go! |
| people. The trick is to find what suits you the | | | | With these four simple steps, you're well on your |
| best. | | | | way to finding a piece of gold jewellery that will |
| 1. Determine your skin tone. | | | | suit your colour and style. Why not hop on the |
| There are many ways of doing this, including | | | | web now and start checking out some of the |
| getting professional advice, but if you want an | | | | great jewellery on offer in your gold colour? |
| inexpensive and simple trick, look at the veins on | | | | |