Antiqued Copper gets you the look!

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Just this week I heard that rose gold is the trend. Rose gold has a warm look that any skin shade can wear easily. Have you seen it? Until now you may have only noticed it as one of the colors of gold featured in Black Hills Gold Jewelry. What is Rose Gold? I knew it was a mix of gold and copper that had a warm hue..I knew I liked the look of it on my hand.... I've placed a link to an LA Times article from 2010 below, but here's my thought...

could you not get the same effect and uniqueness from antiqued copper? Antiqued copper has a softer color and, I think, a little romance because of the hinted at history with the look of age... what do you think?

There is an article in the LA Times here  ... but I'll give you an excerpt :
"Rose gold, which is sometimes called "pink gold," may seem more exotic than run-of-the-mill yellow, but the secret to its color is comparatively pedestrian: copper. All gold used in jewelry must be mixed with other metals in order to withstand wear because 24-karat gold (the kind that is 99% or more gold) is too soft to withstand wear on its own. The amount of copper used as an alloy is what gives rose gold its pink tinge. "Alloy metal suppliers will vary the copper, but whether you call it red, pink or rose gold, it's all the same process," says Duvall O'Steen, director of jewelry promotion for the World Gold Council.

"Rose gold is more rare, whether that's because it's made to order or there's just less of it being made," she says. The fashion world loves nothing more than exclusivity, making rose gold that much more desirable. But the price is still comparable to white or yellow gold because copper is inexpensive and jewelry made of rose gold is priced on the weight of the gold."