Gold leaf is gold that has been hammered into thin sheets (usually around 0.1 µm thick by gold beating and is often used for gilding.Gold leaf is available in a wide variety of karats and shades. The most commonly used gold is 22-karat yellow gold.
Gold leaf is a type of metal leaf,but the term is rarely used when referring to gold leaf.The term metal leaf is normally used for thin sheets of metal of any color that do not contain any real gold.Pure gold is 24 karat.
