Two-Tone Mixed Metal Engagement Rings: Customizable Engagement Rings

In the age of individuality, standing apart from the crowd is more important than ever before. People display their unique personalities through colorful hair, hand-drawn tattoos, artisan clothing, and distinct customized jewelry like mixed metal engagement rings and matching wedding bands. This one-of-a-kind fashion trend is predicted to increase over the next few years. To satisfy the growing demand for personalized designs, jewelers now offer more two-toned engagement ring styles in their bridal lines as well as comprehensive jewelry customization services.

Whether buying a mixed metal ring from a bridal line, altering a ring to be mixed metal, or creating an original two-tone ring from scratch – your engagement ring options are only limited by what can comfortably fit on your finger. If you are inspired enough to imagine it, every engagement ring setting, even a solitaire, can be two-tone. So, let’s explore the ways you can elegantly and creatively combine white gold with rose gold and yellow gold in engagement rings and wedding bands!

Two-Tone Halo Engagement Rings

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One of the most common customization requests we receive is making the shank and halo on an engagement ring different colors, like on R9312YW. With a white gold halo, the center stone looks larger as its sparkle and natural light are reflected outward by the shimmering diamonds around it. When this dazzling halo is combined with a contrasting yellow or rose gold shank, the white gold head stands out even more! This popular style is simple but gives you a bold pop of color and a show-stopping center stone that is sure to amaze.

If you want a mixed-metal halo engagement ring with a bit more pizzazz, consider a yellow or rose gold halo. Colorful halos contrast to the beautiful clear diamonds they frame, making the diamonds’ brilliance shine brighter. The tones in the halo will also appear within the diamond, increasing its natural fire. This is especially true when a center stone is framed in rose gold’s rich pink tones. A colorful halo also makes it more acceptable to buy a less expensive, aka more yellow-tinted diamond. When a lower grade diamond is set in white gold, the stone’s color is obvious. But when a lower-grade diamond is paired with a colorful halo, its yellow tint is camouflaged and almost unnoticeable.

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When customizing two-tone engagement rings, remember, a ring’s head and band can be created with more than one color of metal at a time. Halos and bands are often designed with decorative elements that elevate the look. Some common additions include milgrain, filigree, boarders, spirals, and diamond-accented ribbons. Any of these design features can be added to your ring in the three gold colors, adding dimension and personality to the look. For example, our halo engagement ring RQ9822WP not only showcases a scalloped and polished rose gold trim between the center stone and white gold halo, but it also features scalloped and diamond-accented rose gold shoulders set in a white gold shank. These are visually intriguing ways to add color to an engagement ring in unexpected ways. For an additional pop of color, this ring’s matching wedding band also shares its scalloped and diamond-accented rose and white gold shank design.

Two-Tone Straight Engagement Rings

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Valina’s engagement rings and matching wedding bands always share design elements – that is what makes them match! So, many of our mixed metal engagement rings come with mixed metal wedding bands. R1016YW and its matching band both have a yellow gold shank with shared-prong, three-stone, diamond segments fanning out the top. From above, the bridal set almost looks fully white gold, but from the side, you can see the intricate combination of white and yellow gold throughout the under gallery of both designs. Due to this style’s multi-part construction, the shank base, the head, and the side stone segments can be customized in different gold colors.

Multi-part construction is not used for every Valina engagement ring but every Valina ring design can be fully customized. Multi-part constructed styles are just easier and cheaper to change than other designs.

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If you want your mixed metal details visible from all angles, you can showcase the colorful gold on top of the shank, like with R1059WP. This modern princess-cut engagement ring has a polished rose gold band that cuts down the center of its diamond-accented white gold shank. This mimics the trendy stackable band look. The two outer diamond strands look like wedding bands layered with a rose gold solitaire ring. The look of stackable bands is very trendy right now because it creates a bolder statement look by widening the bridal set and adding extra sparkle.

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You can accomplish a similar effect doing the opposite – feature yellow or rose gold along the edges of the ring, leaving a white gold center, like on R1025WP. In this case, the colorful element will be the “stackable bands” and not the “engagement ring’s shank.” And unlike wearing real stackable bands, you do not have to worry about the bands spinning around your finger since they are fused to the ring.

Two-Tone Crisscross Engagement Rings

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For another subtle touch of color, an engagement ring’s under gallery is a great spot to add yellow or rose gold. The under gallery often showcases surprise diamonds, infinity symbols, Celtic knots, floral motifs, elaborate filigree, or capes that wrap around the ring head. By making these intricate details colorful, they will pop-out a lot more. This will allow the engagement ring’s unique workmanship to shine instead of hide in the under gallery. For example, our crisscross engagement ring R1009WP features a deep-cathedral under gallery crafted with diamond-accented rose gold filigree that climbs up the head’s base. Now, instead of blending into the ring’s white gold shank, you get vibrant glimpses of the hidden rose gold design from all angles.

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If a subtle glimpse of color isn’t your style, consider one of our most popular mixed metal looks: a crisscross engagement ring with rose or yellow gold intertwining with white gold along shank. A crisscrossing shank design is significantly more prominent when the spirals are different colors. For this reason, we consistently get requests to turn an all-white gold spiral engagement ring into a two-tone design like R9895WY. As you can see, by combining multiple metals, you effectively show off your ring’s unique setting without taking away from the center stone’s spotlight.

Alternative Two-Tone Engagement Rings

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Getting a two-tone engagement ring everyone else wants and has takes away from the desired element of uniqueness. If you want a mixed metal design for individuality’s sake, you need a more alternative design that few others possess. A less mainstream way to add color to your bridal set is by getting a ring with an under gallery detail that laces around its shoulders, like with R1013WP. This mixed metal engagement ring is wrapped in an elongated rose gold cape that starts as a polished gold swirl in the under gallery. The cape then transforms into a ribbon of diamonds that cuts across the shank’s shoulders to the other side of the ring, ending with another polished swirl. For an extra element of color, a rose gold and pear-shaped surprise diamond decorates the base of the diamond’s head.

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Finally, for the ultimate mixed metal surprise, you can add a yellow or rose gold element to an engagement ring’s inner shank. Valina has a collection of rings with our signature rose gold “love letters” beneath the shoulders along the inner shank. Some of these styles come with the word “Love” fused within the shank whereas others feature two little overlapping hearts. These additions are intimate symbols of your loving partnership, they last longer than engraved messages within the shank, and as you can see with R9817WP, the love letters do not affect the ring’s primary design nor metal color.

Don’t Follow Trends, Follow Your Heart

As we have seen, rose gold and yellow gold can add a pop of color to a design in a whole variety of ways: coloring the whole shank, portions of the shank, the halo, portions of the halo, under gallery details like filigree, or adding color to the base of the ring’s head. So, if you want a unique mixed two-tone engagement ring, remember, you can add a pop of color anywhere on your ring. You do not have to follow the trends and get what is popular – you should add the color to your ring however you feel is best. Whether that color takes over most of the design or is hidden under layers of white gold and diamonds, there is no excuse to not get the mixed metal engagement ring of your dreams. We want every Valina bride to have their one-of-a-kind personality shine through their special ring.