Types of Gold

Unlike a bike, laptop or a house, gold is not something that greatly varies in its purest form.So the different gold types are simply variations of pure gold, meaning types of gold that have taken a different form due to being mixed with other metals, or taking different shapes, or simply represented in different forms.

Types of Gold Alloys
The different types of gold are 9k,10k,12k,14k,18k,22k,24k.The k describes how much pure the gold is.k is called carat or karat.24k gold is purest form of gold which is 99% pure.

Colored Gold: Gold can take different colors depending on the metals it is mixed with. The different gold colors are generally for the purpose of jewelry. To give you a idea here are some different types of gold colors and how they are made:

1)white gold :Here Gold too make it white color,they mix gold with white metal like nickel,manganese or palladium.White gold can be rhodium coated to make it more shiny.

2)red,rose and pink gold:Gold can get this color when mixed with copper.

3)Green gold:gold get this color when mixed with silver.

4)Blue gold

5)Purple gold

6)black gold

This is for general information purpose only.

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