Color Names

Sterling Silver

Dusty, faded metal: the tarnish on a silver necklace that needs polishing.

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Sterling Silver is a cool grey, close to blue.

It can be described as cool, muted, greyish and dusty.

Set in black, because black reads best on it.

Sterling Silver

Sterling silver

Sterling silver is an alloy composed by weight of 92.5% silver and 7.5% other metals, usually copper. The sterling silver standard has a minimum millesimal fineness of 925.

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Silver

Silver is a chemical element; it has symbol Ag and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it exhibits the highest electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity and reflectivity of any metal. Silver is found in the Earth's crust in the pure, free elemental form, as an alloy with gold (electrum) and other metals, and in minerals such as acanthite, argentite and chlorargyrite. Most silver is recovered as a byproduct of lead–zinc, copper and gold mining and refining.

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Silver (color)

Silver or metallic gray is a color tone resembling gray that is a representation of the color of polished silver.

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sterling silver

Noun

  1. An alloy containing not less than 92.5 percent silver, the remainder usually being copper.
  2. Articles made from this alloy collectively.
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