"Chloé prefers to wear silver-colored jewelry."
Translation:Chloé préfère porter des bijoux argentés.
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It has little to do with the verb "préfère", and more to do with "porter", which is the complement of "préfère". But the complement of "porter" is "des bijoux" which means "jewels" or more literally "some jewels", while "les bijoux" would mean "the jewels".
"les bijoux" could also mean "jewels" and is a more accurate translation of the generalised English sentence, although both "des bijoux" and "les bijoux " are grammatically correct.
In English, this sentence is a generalisation, because our language lacks a plural indefinite article and cannot distinguish between the two French sentences.
Is there a difference between silver jewelry and silver-colored jewelry? Both seem to be bijoux argentés. You'd think there would be a difference.
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Mettre means to put on, not to wear. First you put on your clothes and then you are wearing them.
"Mettre" can mean "to wear", but I don't think it would be used in this type of context.