White Gold Rings

Welcome to the White Gold Rings website, where we try to give you all of the information you need to be ensure your white gold wedding, engagement or anniversary ring is the perfect match for you - not just in style, but in knowing about the quality of the white gold alloy, the stone setting, the stone quality, and also a little history about why white gold has become so popular. These rings are a big investment for most people, so it's a shame that so many people don't fully understand the composition of that beautiful article on their finger - for many it's simply the size of the diamond that they are fascinated by, but much like there's 9ct, 14ct and 18ct white gold, there's also different qualities of diamond - read all about it in our diamond quality and size guide.

White gold is simply a gold alloy. It's gold mixed with other metals to produce that particular white colour. This does NOT mean it's inferior in quality to yellow gold, as the yellow gold used in jewellery is also an alloy - both white and yellow gold of a particular carat have exactly the same proportion of actual gold in the alloy.

One thing to bear in mind is that one 18 carat white gold alloy may not be the same as another 18 carat alloy. Of course the amount of gold in it is the same, but the other metals the gold is mixed with can vary according to the exact colouring of the white gold, and these metals vary in price, and also possibly in safety - for example nickel was widely used as an affordable alloying element which produced a nice shiny alloy - however it has been linked to dermatitis through allergic reactions with the skin.

You can read more about the different types of alloy in our guide to white gold, and also read about being sure about the quality of your white gold alloy in our why buy british? article.

We offer an extensive guide to styles of stone setting, and also to the quality and size of diamonds and other stones. It can be very confusing, and many people just think the biggest carat diamond is the best, but we can explain how that's not always the case, as the quality of the diamond can vary enormously.