Why Palladium instead of White Gold?
White gold is not a true white metal like platinum or palladium. It is made by mixing pure yellow gold with other white metals like zinc and nickel to change its color to white. As a result, it usually has a slight yellowish tint. To enhance the whiteness of white gold jewelry, it is electroplated with a true white metal such as rhodium or palladium, but these plated coatings will gradually wear off. Palladium is naturally white, so palladium wedding bands will stay white forever, never needing the “renewed whitening” from plated coatings that white gold requires. Palladium wedding bands are the perfect choice for those with sensitivity to nickel because they are nickel free and hypoallergenic – unlike white gold wedding bands. The weight of 950 palladium wedding bands is almost identical to that of 14k white gold wedding bands, so they are very comfortable on the finger, as well as incredibly durable and virtually tarnish proof. Palladium is an extremely rare metal, much more so than
