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Aluminum Colors

In its natural state aluminum, or in our case, anodized aluminum is a silvery metallic color that looks very similar to stainless steel. Once anodized, aluminum rings can be dyed attractive colors such as blue, violet or green. This color does not go all of the way through the ring; it is only a surface treatment and even a relatively shallow scratch can reveal the silvery aluminum color beneath the dye. Also, anodizing and dying are chemical processes and the degree to which the dye is absorbed by the rings varies from batch to batch. This means that the ring color may not be uniform from batch to batch or even from ring to ring. This need not detract from jewelry made using dyed aluminum since these differences are part of what makes each piece of jewelry unique.


Colors

Below you will find a swatch of Japanese maille in each of the available colors. These swatches will help to give you a basic idea as to how each color will appear when used in your jewelry.

Black Aluminum Swatch
Black
Blue Aluminum Swatch
Blue
Bronze Aluminum Swatch
Bronze
Gold Aluminum Swatch
Gold
Green Aluminum Swatch
Green
Orange Aluminum Swatch
Orange
Pink Aluminum Swatch
Pink
Purple Aluminum Swatch
Purple
Red Aluminum Swatch
Red
Turquoise Aluminum Swatch
Turquoise
Violet Aluminum Swatch
Violet
Yellow Aluminum Swatch
Yellow