9ct yellow gold is made from pure 24ct yellow gold. Unfortunatley 24ct pure yellow gold is too soft to be used for wedding rings so it is mixed with other alloys to make 9ct yellow gold.
9ct yellow gold is broken down into 37.6% pure gold, 10.3% silver and 52.1% other alloys.
9ct gold comes in other colours other than yellow including white and rose gold.
If you wanted to wear a 9ct yellow gold wedding ring against an 18ct yellow gold engagement ring, you can however there is a colour difference between them as 18ct yellow gold is a deeper/richer yellow and 9ct yellow gold is slightly paler. 9ct yellow gold is slightly harder wearing than 18ct yellow gold.
More traditional wedding ring profiles are Court Shape - rounded inside & outside and D Shape - flat inside & rounded outside. Other wedding ring profiles that are becoming more popular are Flat Shape - flat inside and flat outside, Flat Court Shape - rounded inside and flat outside, Blended Court Shape - rounded inside and rounded/flat outside (this profile is between court shape and flat court)
9ct White Gold Wedding Rings
9ct white gold is made from pure 24ct yellow gold, to create white gold wedding ring the pure 24ct yellow gold is mixed with different types of alloys.
9ct white gold is broken down into 37.6% pure gold, 55.47% silver and 6.93% other alloys.
White gold even after the mixing process will still have a yellowish tint so most wedding rings and other white gold jewellery is rhodium plated, this gives your white gold wedding ring a bright white finish.
Rhodium is one of the platinum group of metals but works out approximatley 3 times more expensive, and due to this it is only used as a coating for white gold. Virtually all white gold is rhodium plated to enhance the brighter white colour. Although rhodium gives a hard crisp coating it will wear off over time on wedding rings due to general wear and tear, returning your white gold wedding ring to its natural colour it is easily rectified with a re-coating of rhodium, the time scale of the rhodium plating wearing off its down to each individual person, this does not normally effect other items of jewellery including bracelets and earrings.
More traditional wedding ring profiles are Court Shape - rounded inside & outside and D Shape - flat inside & rounded outside. Other wedding ring profiles that are becoming more popular are Flat Shape - flat inside and flat outside, Flat Court Shape - rounded inside and flat outside, Blended Court Shape - rounded inside and rounded/flat outside (this profile is between court shape and flat court)
