What Is Rhodium Plating? When Your White Gold Ring Needs It
If you own a white gold ring, the bright silver-white colour you see isn't the gold itself. It's a thin coating of rhodium, a platinum-group metal that's applied over the gold to give it that clean, cool-white appearance. The gold underneath is actually a pale greyish-yellow, because white gold is still gold alloyed with white metals like palladium, nickel, or silver. Without rhodium plating, white gold looks noticeably warmer than most people expect. This is one of the most common questions we get at Vanhess: "Why is my white gold ring turning yellow?" It's not turning yellow. The rhodium plating...
