Diamond Color -
Learn The Diamond 4 C's Before You Buy Your
Diamond Engagement Ring
So, you need to learn about the
Diamond 4 Cs, and you're now trying to
figure out what this whole deal is with
Diamond Color. Well don't worry, by
the time you finish reading this article,
you will be ready to take on the next
challenge of buying your diamond ring
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Diamonds can be in any color you can
imagine... from clear and colorless to
the deepest black diamonds, as well as any
color in the rainbow. The rarest diamond
color just so happens to be the Christmas
colors; red and green, and it's because of
this rarity that diamonds of this color can
fetch record high prices.
If you are talking about
fancy
colored
diamonds,
then you speak of any diamond that is not
clear and colorless... or at least striving
to be. Even in the Diamond Color Scale, at
the right-most end of the measurement is
another fancy color, yellow. Of the fancy
color diamonds, the most popular colors are
pink diamonds, blue, black
and yellow ones.
The best diamond color,
especially in the traditional sense, is
actually the diamond with the absence of any color at all.
This 4 C characteristic, however, is fairly
difficult to find and very rare.
Consequently, colorless diamonds are more
valuable because of this rarity. This is one
factor that can effect the cost of a
diamond.
Diamond color is determined prior to
mounting. They must be observed as a loose
stone and under the strictest lighting
circumstances. Yeah, it's really crazy. To
grade the diamond on its color, the diamonds
in question are compared to master diamonds
that have a specific determined color value.
It is this comparison that leads to a letter
on the diamond color scale:
Diamond Color:
- D: Colorless. This is the best of
the best
- E: Minute traces of color can be
detected
- F: Slight color detected
- G-H: Near-colorless
- I-J: Near-colorless. Color is
slightly detectable
So, now you're armed with the knowledge
of Diamond Color,
what does this do for you?