the persons body chemistry or paint
Silver jewelry may turn pink if the jewelry is fake. This because the outer coating has been peeled away due to wear and tear. Fake jewelry may also turn a person's skin green.
Because the Silver that turns black is not real.
It's a chemical reaction. Sometimes after wearing jewelry, your skin that was in contact will turn green. It's because the jewelry wasn't in fact silver or gold, but cheap copper.
Most likely, the silver jewelry that you speak of is not in fact, 100% silver. It's probably only coated/dipped in silver. The silver is wearing away (long term-use, exposure to chemicals (including perfume!)), and exposing the non-silver metal underneath (probably a copper or nickel compound).
it breaks down the silver causing it to turn black. it also causes it to become very brittle.
Silver jewelry may turn pink if the jewelry is fake. This because the outer coating has been peeled away due to wear and tear. Fake jewelry may also turn a person's skin green.
It is the nickel in some silver jewelry that reacts with your body chemistry to turn your skin and the jewelry black. .925 Sterling Silver, such as that offered by Tiffany and Silpada, contains no nickel. .925 sterling silver is 92.5 pure silver, with only 6.5% copper added for stablity.
they turn purple..
Because the Silver that turns black is not real.
Go to a doctor.
Yes. Silver tone jewelry will turn your finger green because the metal under the silver tone is probably a brass which contains copper. It is the copper that turns your finger green.
Silvertone jewelry is a costume jewelry made to look like silver. It can cause skin to turn green due to the copper and nickel in the metal
Silver Nitrate does not turn blue - it turns purple-black and then black. It was the basis for early photography before the digital age.
NO. Silver will tarnish and turn black, though. Silver will but Gold shouldn't wrong answer: Gold can turn dark grey/ black also (if you don't know / don't answer)
"It depends on the type of jewelry. If it is silver, then something where the oxygen does not get to it as easily so it will not varnish or turn other colors from what it is supposed to be."
It's a chemical reaction. Sometimes after wearing jewelry, your skin that was in contact will turn green. It's because the jewelry wasn't in fact silver or gold, but cheap copper.
Silver stamped 975 will not turn your finger green.