My wife's wedding band is golden, just like her smile and the gleam in her eye. My wedding band is hard, tough, and has a luster unlike a ring made of any other metal. I've been wearing mine for several years, and it will not tarnish, it will not scratch, and will not show any abrasion. This "toughness" is due to the metal from which it is made: tungsten carbide. This "toughness" is the reason it holds the same deep luster it had the first day I wore it. Gold is pretty--as long as you protect it from abrasion--this tungsten carbide band doesn't care what kind if mechanical abuse it gets--the luster goes in and on.