Color Palette

Ancient Egyptian artists had at their disposal 6 main color groups: green, red, blue, yellow, white and black. The symbolic significance of color in Egyptian society required us to create a palette of rich enamel hues that could convey their traditional meaning.

Our Gold, OSIRIS PALLETE represents the strongest, truest, and most traditional meaning of the colors.

With our STERLING SILVER PALLETE we took each color and deconstructed their meaning into modern hues.

Black baltera jewelry nyc black swatch
Black was a symbol of death and of the night. Osiris, the sovereign of the afterlife, was called “the black one,” alluding not only to his role in the underworld, but also to his resurrection after he was murdered.

Blood baltera jewelry nyc blood swatch
Red was a powerful color because of its association with blood, in particular the protective power of the blood of Isis, wife of Osiris.

Sky baltera jewelry nyc sky swatch
Sky blue for the color of the heavens and hence the universe.

Tyrian baltera jewelry nyc tyrian swatch
The Egyptian queen Cleopatra loved purple. To obtain one ounce of Tyrian purple dye, she had her servants soak 20,000 Purpura snails for 10 days.

Papyrus baltera jewelry nyc papyrus swatch
The word Wadj (green) means “to flourish” or “to be healthy.” The color green represented vegetation, new life and fertility. Earth and fertility gods such as Geb & Osiris were often depicted with green skin, indicating their power to encourage the growth of vegetation. However, the ancient Egyptians recognized the cycle of growth and decay and so green was also associated with death and the power of resurrection.

Flame baltera jewelry nyc flame swatch
Red was also linked with the fiery aspect of the sun and the goddess Sekhmet, “Lady of the Flame.”

Lapis baltera jewelry nyc lapis swatch
Blue was symbolic of the sky and of water. We created Lapis for the beautiful shades of Lapis lazuli.

Mauve baltera jewelry nyc mauve swatch
William Henry Perkin discovered synthetic purple and At first he called it Tyrian Purple as the original, ancient color was known. But to make it sound more fashionable, he renamed it mauve.

Sun baltera jewelry nyc sun swatch
In ancient Egypt yellow (khenet, kenit) represented that which was eternal and indestructible, and was closely associated with gold (nebu or nebw) and the sun.

White baltera jewelry nyc white swatch
In ancient Egyptian art, white represented purity and omnipotence.

Egyptian Blue baltera jewelry nyc black swatch
Egyptian blue was inspired by the prized pigment (irtyu) which would darken greatly with age and symbolized fertility and good luck.

Women’s Ring Sizes
USA	EU
2 ½	42.9 mm
3	44.2 mm
3 ½	45.5 mm
4	46.8 mm
4 ½	48 mm
5	49.3 mm
5 ½	50.6 mm
6	51.9 mm
6 ½	53.1 mm
7	54.4 mm
7 ½	55.7 mm
8	57 mm
8 ½	58.3 mm
9	59.5 mm
9 ½	60.8 mm
10	62.1 mm

Men’s Ring Sizes
USA	EU
8	57 mm
8 ½	58.3 mm
9	59.5 mm
9 ½	60.8 mm
10	62.1 mm
10 ½	63.4 mm
11	64.6 mm
11 ½	65.9 mm
12	67.2 mm
12 ½	68.5 mm
13	69.7 mm
13 ½	71 mm
14	72.3 mm

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