Can You Turn White Gold Into Yellow Gold? Is It Possible?

Published: 07 Jan 2025

White gold and yellow gold both are popular choices nowadays. But guys if you want to turn your white gold into yellow gold, first we will need to understand what are white gold and yellow gold.

I will define them very briefly,

White golds are not naturally occurring products but are made by mixing pure gold with silver, palladium, nickel, and platinum.
Yellow gold is also not pure gold but it’s made by mixing pure gold with silver, copper, and zinc.

So guys when it comes to can you turn white gold into yellow gold? As my experience in goldsmithing, my concise answer is yes. You can turn your white gold into yellow gold but it requires some technical steps.

Here is how can you turn your white gold into yellow gold, and what should you do if it requires too complicated steps.

Table of Content

Can You Turn Your White Gold Into Yellow Gold? But How?
1. Replating With Yellow Gold.
2. Recasting the Jewelry Again.
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Can You Turn Your White Gold Into Yellow Gold? But How?

Yellow Gold And White, Turning White Gold To Yellow

Yes, guys, you can turn white gold into yellow gold, but it’s not as simple as Painting something with new paint. This process involves some specific methods, and each has its pros and cons.

But still you want to turn your white gold into yellow, now you have only two options and they are,

Re-Plating it with Yellow Gold
Or recasting your jewelry again.

Here is how each method works

Replating With Yellow Gold.

A Jeweler Seeing If White Gold Can Be Plated By Yellow Gold

Guys, to re-plate your white gold jewelry with yellow gold, first you will need to remove your white gold’s upper rhodium plating which gives it a white and bright color.

Then you will re-plate your jewelry with the yellow gold which will give your jewelry a new and yellow appearance.

However guys this process can be done within 2 hours but it has some downsides and they are,

This process is a surface-level change. The core metal remains still white gold.
Over time, the yellow plating will Wear off and you will need to reapply it again and again

Guys if you want to do this by yourself, first make sure you have some basic knowledge about replating gold.

If you don’t have basic information about it, then it’s best to buy a jeweler’s service, he will only charge $50-$200 depending on your jewelry’s size and complexities.

Recasting the Jewelry Again.

Recasting is a complex and time-consuming task. It involves melting your white gold jewelry down and combining yellow gold alloys to create a completely new piece.

After melting the jewelry, first, you will take out all other metals that give your white gold a white color. Then you will mix copper and zinc to make a new yellow gold jewelry.

This process is not recommended, because it consumes time as well as money. so buying new yellow gold jewelry becomes the best option for us.

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Now it’s time to say goodbye! In this article, we have covered “Can you change white gold into yellow gold” in detail.

We discussed it’s possible to change your white gold into yellow but requires technical steps. Re-plating with yellow gold is a quick and affordable way but it’s not a permanent solution.

Recasting can offer a permanent solution but it’s not recommended because the money and time we will spend on recasting can give us a new and ideal piece of yellow gold jewelry.

Guys, what have you thought? To which procedure you will go? Please let me know in the comment section below, I’d love to hear from you.