Silver or gold jewelry: Which jewelry color suits me?

Have you ever wondered whether you should wear gold or silver jewelry? But is it really necessary to choose one metal color and one color type, or is it also possible to combine necklaces, rings, earrings, and bracelets made of gold and silver together?

The beauty of it is – there are no strict rules for wearing and combining the two metals. By now, the combination of gold tones and silver tones is no longer just a trend, but an established modern way of wearing jewelry.

Below we have summarized a few pointers for you that can help you figure out what type you are, in case you want to choose one of the two metal tones. However, the most important thing is that you feel comfortable with your choice and stay true to yourself.

To determine your skin type, a look at the veins on the underside of your wrists can help. If the veins appear bluish, you are more likely a cooler silver type; if the veins appear more greenish to yellow, you are more likely a warm gold type. Pale skin often looks better with silver jewelry, while warm skin, such as your tanned skin in summer, often looks more beautiful with gold jewelry.

Another way to analyze your skin type is to look at your eye and hair color; people with dark, e.g., brown eyes and hair often look better in gold, while people with light, e.g., blue eyes and blonde hair often look better in silver.

But it is also important to pay attention to your style and gut feeling and only wear what makes you feel comfortable.

Maybe you sometimes ask yourself, which of my outfits best combines with my jewelry pieces? Which of my outfits fits better with Silberketten or Silberarmbändern; which might be better suited to my Gold Ohrsteckern and Goldringen?

Just slightly more unusual looks often appear more modern with silver. Elegant, minimalist looks are beautifully accentuated by gold jewelry pieces.

Clothing in earthy and elegant tones harmonizes very well with gold jewelry. Meanwhile, looks in pastel colors or cool shades of blue can be very well combined with silver. 

Also here, this is only a guideline. It is important to maintain or find your own style. Only then is it possible to create a completely unique look and make looks your own style by combining your earrings or necklaces in new and different ways, instead of strictly adhering to style guidelines.

To determine your color type, the following factors of your personal color space are taken into account based on classical color theory: your skin undertone, your hair color, and your eye color.

Beforehand, it can be said that spring and autumn types have a green, yellow skin undertone, which is why warm gold tones often suit them better. Summer and winter types have a blue skin undertone and belong to the cool color types, for which silver tones often suit them better. Also, feel free to read the section above on determining your skin type.

Often, however, it is difficult to assign oneself to a specific type. There are also nuances and mixtures of the seasonal types, so it is often enough to be able to identify as a warm or cool type in order to better assess one's style.

Spring

The spring type is described in the seasonal theory as a type with warm peach-colored skin that tends to have freckles and a golden tan in the summer. 

The eyes are often bright – ranging from green to amber – and hair colors vary from blonde to copper blonde to medium brown shades.

Spring types are thus warm types, golden warm colors and therefore gold jewelry fit well here.

Summer

The summer type is associated with a rosy, delicate complexion with a bluish undertone. This often includes cool eyes, such as ice blue, and the hair is frequently light, platinum blonde, or ash brown. In summer, they are prone to sunburn and freckles. 

Summer types are therefore rather cool skin types, well-covered colors such as shades of blue fit well here, which can be wonderfully combined with silver jewelry.

Autumn 

The autumn type, as a counterpart to the spring type, is said to have warm skin tones. However, this type often does not tan well in the sun, has rather pale skin, brown to red hair, and the eyes are olive green or brown, while the hair is often brown to almost black. 

Autumn types are therefore warm types, all the beautiful dark autumn colors fit here, which looks especially beautiful with gold jewelry.

Winter

The winter type, as a counterpart to the summer type, is described in seasonal color theory as having a light porcelain complexion combined with black or dark hair and cool piercing blue or brown eye colors.

Winter types are thus cold skin types, bright cold colors like white, black, or blue go well here in combination with silver jewelry.

We hope that our little introduction to the possibilities of determining your skin type, fashion style, and color type has provided you with some new ideas and guidelines to better understand yourself and create your personal style. Because even though cooler skin and color types are said to look better in silver jewelry and warm types in gold jewelry, it is most important to find your own way here and to emphasize your personality in the possible combinations of the metal colors of your necklaces, bracelets, or earrings.

Combining gold and silver or even wearing both in a piece of jewelry is no longer a trend, but an established way of wearing jewelry. So you don't have to choose just one metal color.

Especially bicolor jewelry like our Milkyway Necklace or Milkyway Bracelet in silver with a gold clasp are minimalist and subtle pieces of jewelry that modernly complement your look.

As you can see, the initial question: "Silver or gold jewelry: Which jewelry color suits me?" cannot be answered so simply and clearly. Since every person is very individual, so are your color preferences.
 
We wish you a lot of joy in discovering and experimenting with your very own style.