Diamond Color

The color of a diamond or lack thereof is another factor that you will need to keep in mind. The more clear and colorless the higher quality and cost of investment. A diamond with more color with act like a window with tinting and prevent light from passing through. If less light passes through you will get less flash and dull rainbows inside. Yes you can actually see rainbows inside under good light and more colorless diamond! One more reason to spend a little extra if you can. She will appreciate it.

Diamond Color also has it grading schedule and you should be familiar with it when you are shopping for her diamond engagement ring. GIA has reestablished a new diamond color grading scale from the one that had been used for years. There had been much confusion in the Diamond Color Scale because or the many variations and how gemologists were interpreting the various Diamond Color Scales. The new GIA Scale starts from the letter ‘D’ and goes all the way to ‘Z’. A Diamond Color D is considered to be colorless while a diamond Color Z will be yellowish brown. The further along in the alphabet in the diamond color chart the more color it will have and thus less expensive.

You can refer to to the diamond price guide for guidelines on the value of various grades of diamonds including diamond color cut clarity and carat.

Diamond Color D, E, F : are colorless and are of highest value

Diamond Color G, H, I, J : are near colorless. The near colorlessness of G, H, and diamond color I are not noticeable to the untrained eye

Diamond Color K, L, M : are considered faint yellow. at this grade you can start to notice the coloring when compared side by side with a colorless or near colorless diamond.

N, O, P, Q, R: are referred to as very light yellow. I would like to remind you that light getting through the walls of the diamond is critical to the beauty factor. Therefore I would not recommend going beyond this diamond color. If you need to go into or past this diamond color grade for budget reasons make sure you choose a setting that allows for a lot of light to pass through it (i.e. Solitaire setting) or look into buying her favorite gemstone.

Diamond Color Scale

*Fancy Diamond Color does not fall into the regular diamond color table. They actually have their own rating system and are considerably more rare and more valuable than regular colorless diamonds. They can be found in yellow, pink, blue brown and red. Unlike colorless diamonds, fancy colored diamonds are more valuable the more intense color that they have.

Back to 6 C’s…

Diamond Cost; Diamond Cut: Diamond Clarity;

Diamond Color; Diamond Carat; Diamond Certificate

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