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How to Choose a Wedding Band. You've found the engagement ring of your dreams. Now find
the perfect wedding band to match. You will need Matching metals Coordinating cut and
proper color, brilliance, and width. Step 1. Match the metal in the wedding band to
the metal in your engagement ring. Using the same metal in both is ideal, but a white gold
engagement ring may also pair well with a platinum band and vice versa. Step 2. Coordinate
the cut of the stones in the band to the engagement ring; if you have a princess cut engagement
stone, consider princess cut stones in the band. Decide if you want channel set stones,
which offer more protection; pave set stones; or a prong set. Choose a three-stone ring,
which symbolizes your past, present, and future. Step 3. Consider colored stones to contrast
the engagement ring. If you're matching color, make sure the brilliance of the stones in
the band doesn't outshine the engagement stone. Step 4. Choose a wedding band with a similar
width, in millimeters, as the engagement ring to make it look more like a set. Step 5. Consider
a solitaire, a plain metal band, which is a classic. This timeless band pairs well with
any other ring and will always be in style. Did you know Wedding rings were not always
worn on the left hand. Eighteenth-century Roman Catholics wore them on the right hand.