re: How is the gold so GOLD and the silver so SILVER?

could it be something like “gold highlighter”? I’ve used this before, playing around on small pieces and it looks similar.

http://www.flourconfections.com/karat-gold-non-toxic-highlighter-grams-p-3611.html

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