Metal Options For Wedding Rings
Wedding rings are available in a number of metals. Some metals such as white gold, yellow gold, platinum or silver have always been traditional metals; however there are now newer metals of wedding rings that are becoming just as popular. Dual metals or two-toned metals in wedding rings are also very common and very beautiful.
Wedding rings for men as well as those for women are usually matching, at least in the type of metal of the wedding bands. Selecting the color of the metal from gold to the silver colors typically depends on what colors of metals the couple most commonly wears.
One very popular new metal used in wedding rings for both men and women is titanium. Titanium wedding rings come in a wide range of styles from classic bands to inset diamonds or other gems or even carved or sculpted rings, often in Celtic types of designs.
For a really different appearance to wedding rings, titanium provides a highly reactive metal that can be selectively oxidized to produce a variety of colors. These colors range from reds to blues and are permanent within the metal of the ring. Wedding rings with oxidized titanium are very unique and very eye catching.
Lightweight and very brilliant, palladium is another one of the newer types of silver colored metals. Wedding rings made of palladium are not as easily found as those in white gold, titanium or platinum but they are becoming more common as this metal becomes better known.
Yellow and white gold wedding rings for men and women will always be classic and in style. Many of the bands are now inlayed with other metals to provide intricate and beautiful designs, with or without the addition of diamonds.
Gold wedding rings come in different types of gold ranging from 14 to 24K. The higher the number the more pure gold is in the band. While the more pure the gold the richer looking the band will be, the softer it will also be. For those that are planning on wearing rings all the time and do a lot of work with their hands a lower 14k band will stay looking beautiful much longer.
White gold and silver wedding bands are also very popular both historically as well as currently. Silver is popular with sculpted bands and wedding rings, with many traditional styles of Celtic or cultural rings often made in silver. Silver and white gold wedding rings are both durable as well as easy to maintain and keep looking beautiful.