Since white gold is actually an alloy of gold, brown and there is then a rhodium plating makes it out, why not just rhodium plate an inexpensive base metal? Would the end result be the same? Best answer about what is the value of gold as the basis of a White Gold?
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No, the final results wouldn’t be the same especially since the rhodium plating fades away in a disturbingly short period of time (<1 year), revealing the metal that’s underneath.
High quality white gold (with palladium or platinum in the mix rather than nickel) is white enough to not need rhodium plating.
What you suggest is exactly what costume jewelry manufacturer do. Get the look of white gold without the cost. While it is new, it will certainly have the same appearance especially when everything is rhodium plated. Due to lack of funds I once had diamonds set into sterling silver and then rhodium plated. If you don’t wear it everyday it actually lasts quite long. I wouldn’t do that with a ring though or larger stones. It will lower the value of the piece dramatically and there is next to no re-sale value, if it would ever come to that.