[Jewelry making - Article 00646] - [Orchid] Gunmetal?

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    My sister bought necklaces for her bridesmaids that were made from
    various beads and a type of wire said to be "gunmetal" by the lady
    who made and sold the necklaces to her. 

    I have since found out that gunmetal is a type of dark coloured
    brass but I haven't been able to find any suppliers who sell gunmetal
    wire - not even metal merchants who deal with various types of brass
    for industry. Recently however, I was in a craft store and was
    looking at some colourful spools of wire that appeared to be copper
    coated in translucent nylon (or something similar) of various
    colours. The spools weren't labelled properly (nothing ever is in the
    craft shops around here) and the only info on the stickers on them
    was the colour and diameter of the wire. There was one colour
    labelled "gunmetal"... and so it got me to wondering if this what was
    acutally used on the necklaces my sister bought. 

    Could anyone shed any light on this? What is most likely here? I had
    liked the idea of working with a dark coloured brass... and would
    prefer that more to working in dark coloured copper because brass
    tends to be more stiff and would be more suited to the type of
    jewellery I want to make with it. Is it worth continuing my search
    for actual gunmetal wire or am I not likely to get anywhere with
    that? 

Thanks,
RR Jackson

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