The color of this ring and contrast is beautiful it's very shiny and well polished. However it is not leaning toward a bright white light metal color in the center such as a white gold or platinum this leans more toward a lighter Gray light or Gray type of sterl color. But not as dark as a gunmetal. If you want a brighter color color for the silver portion go with a white tungsten base. I could not find a distributor of any type who sells a white tungsten version of this ring. I did find some much lesser quality items with a different step grating and grating and plating of gold color options who had multiple complaints but nothing that was actually like this ring. Both of us prefer 2 tones for our most precious jewelry items so this was perfect.