DIAMOND COLOR IS SUBJECTIVE

You want to know the Hardest Concept is to Grasp when it comes to Diamond Color?

Color is Difficult to See!

Color Changes in Diamonds come in Very Gradual Steps.

It doesn’t go from Pure White to Yellow in one Jump.

NO WAY!

It’s a Slow Color Change that Shifts from one Hue to another over the course of about 8 Color Grades (The Most Popular Color Grades on the Market are D-K).

As seen here:

It’s Very Gradual and you have to really look at them Side by Side in order to see the Full Color Change.

But even when looking at this Chart, you’d think it’d be Easy to Distinguish Color…

It’s NOT!

There are Many Things that can make a Diamond Color Appear More or Less than other Diamonds of the Same Grade…

Things Like:

• The Color of the Mounting
• The Light Source
• The Depth of the Pavilion
• The Crown Height
• The Thickness of the Girdle
• The Color and Size of the Inclusions in the Stone
• The Angle Viewed
• The Carat Weight of the Stone

You see, ALL these things can Make a Diamond’s Color Appear Lighter or Darker than Normal. Viewing a Stone Face-Up Versus Face-Down can Result in Different Hues as well…

As shown below…

And, as a Matter of Fact, Diamonds are Graded for Color Face-Down (Through the Pavilion, or Point UP). That way Facets, Brilliance, and Sparkle won’t Mask or Change the way that Color Appears.

The Stone is Viewed Face-Down, looking Perpendicular through the Base of the Diamond like this:

And even then, when the Stone is Color Graded, the Grader will also look at the Stone Face-Up and Determine if it looks Lighter or Darker. If so, the Color Grade may be Altered!

A Full Set of Master Stones is also used for Accurate Color Grading.

A Diamond in Question is placed next to these Master Stones Face-Down, and the Colors Compared. If a Diamond has LESS Color than an H (For Example), it MUST be considered at least a G or Higher.

If it has MORE Color than a G (But LESS than an H), it’s a G Colored Stone.

For G, and any Color of Stone, can look different from each other because of a Range.

See Different G Colored Diamonds Below:

So Color can be Difficult to Judge and Grade. Diamonds are Graded by Experts in the Filed, so to an Untrained Eye (Customers), they may look all the Same!

For most People to Notice Color, it needs to be a More Drastic Difference in Hue, like a Couple of Steps or More in order to Perceive the Shift in Color, as seen here:

These are more Noticeable in Hue!

Personally, I Prefer Pure White Diamonds (D, E, F), because they look Ultra-Bright and Ultra-White. But many People do like the Warmth that an Off-White, or Fine-White Diamond Brings (G, H, I, J). And if the Stone is set into a Yellow Gold Mounting, the Color pretty much Disappears anyway.

Do note that Color is More Obvious in Larger Carat Weights as well. Like Shown Here:

But if you don’t mind a little Tinge of Yellow, then Pick up an Extremely Nice Stone, like these VVS2, J, Diamonds With Excellent Cuts, and Save yourself some Money!

Does Color Really Matter?

Maybe, Maybe Not. If you don’t put them side by side with other Diamonds to Compare, you’ll probably never see the Difference… Nor Care!

After all, it is Subjective!

And that’s just my Opinion!

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Cheers! :)