{"id":27849,"date":"2019-04-16T10:47:28","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T14:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/?p=27849"},"modified":"2019-04-16T10:47:28","modified_gmt":"2019-04-16T14:47:28","slug":"yellow-diamonds-are-both-good-and-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/yellow-diamonds-are-both-good-and-bad\/","title":{"rendered":"YELLOW DIAMONDS ARE BOTH GOOD AND BAD"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"blog-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Yellow-Diamonds-Good-And-Bad.gif\" alt=\"Yellow Diamonds Good And Bad\" title=\"Yellow Diamonds Good And Bad\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-27853\" \/><\/div>\n<h2>Yellow diamonds are common.<\/h2>\n<p>\nIn fact, most of the diamonds mined from the Earth have either a <strong>slight yellow hue<\/strong> to them, or a <strong>strong yellow hue<\/strong>. This coloring is caused by <strong>Nitrogen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\nA yellow cast <strong>is undesirable to most people<\/strong>. It starts to become obvious in <strong>diamonds colors of J, K, L, M and down<\/strong> (J-Z).<\/p>\n<p>\nAs seen in these <strong>color charts<\/strong> here:<\/p>\n<p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Diamond-Color-Charts.jpg\" alt=\"Diamond Color Charts\" title=\"Diamond Color Charts\" width=\"640\" height=\"750\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Diamond-Color-Charts.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Diamond-Color-Charts-85x100.jpg 85w, https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Diamond-Color-Charts-256x300.jpg 256w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nThere are some <strong>good pros and cons<\/strong> to having a yellow diamond, let&#8217;s look at them.<\/p>\n<p><h2>The PROS to yellow diamonds:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>They&#8217;re cheaper<\/strong>. You can save a ton of money by buying a diamond with <strong>a lower color grade<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>You can often <strong>mask this apparent yellow color<\/strong> if you set the diamond into a yellow gold mounting.<\/li>\n<li>Some people prefer a slight yellow hue, they say it <strong>adds warmth to a diamond<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Yellow diamonds (K-Z) are often <strong>heat treated to enhance<\/strong> and change the color of the diamond. They can turn an unwanted yellow or brown diamond into <strong>a wonderfully beautiful blue, pink, green<\/strong>, colored diamond. Colored diamonds like this are highly popular in jewelry stores today. Just like these diamonds shown below:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Heat-Treated-Color-Enhanced-Yellow-Diamonds.jpg\" alt=\"Heat Treated Color Enhanced Yellow Diamonds\" title=\"Heat Treated Color Enhanced Yellow Diamonds\" width=\"640\" height=\"750\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Heat-Treated-Color-Enhanced-Yellow-Diamonds.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Heat-Treated-Color-Enhanced-Yellow-Diamonds-85x100.jpg 85w, https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Heat-Treated-Color-Enhanced-Yellow-Diamonds-256x300.jpg 256w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><h2>The CONS to yellow diamonds:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Larger carat weights <strong>show color off more<\/strong>. The bigger the diamond, the more you will see that yellow hue.<\/li>\n<li>Yellow makes a diamond look <strong>old<\/strong>, antique, <strong>yellowed<\/strong>, aged, <strong>used<\/strong>&#8230; Not very pretty or attractive.<\/li>\n<li>Yellow in a diamond also makes the facets and cut <strong>seem less crisp<\/strong>. They don&#8217;t pop like they would in a white diamond.<\/li>\n<li>Yellow makes a diamond <strong>appear darker and smaller<\/strong> in size. While white diamonds tend to look bigger and brighter.<\/li>\n<li>Yellow diamonds are <strong>hard to sell<\/strong>. Jewelers can sit on them for many years before finding a buyer. Which also means, if you buy one and want to trade it in, or sell it later, <strong>you&#8217;ll have a hard time as well<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nSo you see, there are good and bad points to yellow diamonds. Luckily, most diamonds you find on the market are <strong>mostly white in hue<\/strong>; D, E, F = <strong>Pure White<\/strong>. G, H, I, J = <strong>Near Colorless<\/strong> (G, H are called &#8216;<strong>Fine White<\/strong>&#8216; diamonds). I always recommend <strong>G-H or higher<\/strong> in color.<\/p>\n<p>\nMost of these stones will face up perfectly fine, and most people <strong>would never detect the off color<\/strong> or slightly faint hue of yellow in the stone (which is more apparent from a side view)&#8230; Unless they actually put them <strong>side by side<\/strong> with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesallen.com\/loose-diamonds\/round-cut\/?Color=F,E,D&#038;Cut=Ideal,TrueHearts&#038;Clarity=SI1,VS2,VS1,VVS2,VVS1,IF,FL&#038;PriceFrom=200&#038;PriceTo=999000&#038;CaratFrom=1.00&#038;CaratTo=15.00&#038;Sort=Price&#038;Polish=EX&#038;Symmetry=EX&#038;Lab=GIA&#038;Flour=None?a_aid=JSDG\">a pure white diamond<\/a> (<strong>my favorite<\/strong>). Then they would easily see the difference (<strong>it&#8217;s like night and day<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p>\nG, H or higher color will <strong>brighten <\/strong>a diamond, make it look whiter, <strong>bigger<\/strong>, and even <strong>more brilliant<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesallen.com\/loose-diamonds\/round-cut\/?Color=H,G,F,E,D&#038;Cut=Ideal,TrueHearts&#038;Clarity=SI1,VS2,VS1,VVS2,VVS1,IF,FL&#038;PriceFrom=200&#038;PriceTo=999000&#038;CaratFrom=1.00&#038;CaratTo=15.00&#038;Sort=Price&#038;Polish=EX&#038;Symmetry=EX&#038;Lab=GIA&#038;Flour=None?a_aid=JSDG\">Just like these white diamonds below:<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesallen.com\/loose-diamonds\/round-cut\/?Color=H,G,F,E,D&#038;Cut=Ideal,TrueHearts&#038;Clarity=SI1,VS2,VS1,VVS2,VVS1,IF,FL&#038;PriceFrom=200&#038;PriceTo=999000&#038;CaratFrom=1.00&#038;CaratTo=15.00&#038;Sort=Price&#038;Polish=EX&#038;Symmetry=EX&#038;Lab=GIA&#038;Flour=None?a_aid=JSDG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Best-Selling-White-Diamonds.jpg\" alt=\"Best Selling White Diamonds\" title=\"Best Selling White Diamonds\" width=\"640\" height=\"750\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Best-Selling-White-Diamonds.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Best-Selling-White-Diamonds-85x100.jpg 85w, https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Best-Selling-White-Diamonds-256x300.jpg 256w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><h2>Fancy yellow diamonds:<\/h2>\n<p>\nOn <strong>the other end of the spectrum<\/strong> of diamond colors, you&#8217;ll find yellow diamonds that are <strong>vivid, rare, and quite expensive<\/strong>. These are called &#8216;<strong>fancy<\/strong>&#8216; colors (<strong>fancies<\/strong>). They are beyond the letter Z on the grading charts; <strong>Z+<\/strong>, and their colors can be intense and stunning. Just like these <strong>fancy yellow diamonds<\/strong> below:<\/p>\n<p>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesallen.com\/fancy-color-diamonds\/yellow\/?a_aid=JSDG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Yellow-Fancy-Diamonds.jpg\" alt=\"Yellow Fancy Diamonds\" title=\"Yellow Fancy Diamonds\" width=\"640\" height=\"700\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Yellow-Fancy-Diamonds.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Yellow-Fancy-Diamonds-91x100.jpg 91w, https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Yellow-Fancy-Diamonds-274x300.jpg 274w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\nThese fancy diamonds would be <strong>a definite PRO<\/strong>. They are rare in nature (given the name &#8216;<strong>Canary<\/strong>&#8216;), are <strong>not heat treated<\/strong> (those are the real colors that will never fade or diminish), but the prices for the vivid diamonds is <strong>enormous<\/strong>; much, much more than any of the best white diamonds with the same carat weight and clarity.<\/p>\n<p>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesallen.com\/fancy-color-diamonds\/yellow\/?a_aid=JSDG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Yellow-Fancy-Vivid-Diamonds.jpg\" alt=\"Yellow Fancy Vivid Diamonds\" title=\"Yellow Fancy Vivid Diamonds\" width=\"640\" height=\"725\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Yellow-Fancy-Vivid-Diamonds.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Yellow-Fancy-Vivid-Diamonds-88x100.jpg 88w, https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Yellow-Fancy-Vivid-Diamonds-265x300.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\nFancy diamonds can also come in <strong>green<\/strong>, blue, <strong>orange<\/strong>, brown, <strong>black<\/strong>, purple, <strong>red<\/strong>, pink&#8230; and even <strong>gray<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\nYou can <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesallen.com\/fancy-color-diamonds\/yellow\/?a_aid=JSDG\">see all of the fancy colored diamonds here at James Allen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\nBut if you prefer &#8216;<strong>white diamonds<\/strong>&#8216;, then <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesallen.com\/loose-diamonds\/round-cut\/?Color=H,G,F,E,D&#038;Cut=Ideal,TrueHearts&#038;Clarity=SI1,VS2,VS1,VVS2,VVS1,IF,FL&#038;PriceFrom=200&#038;PriceTo=999000&#038;CaratFrom=1.00&#038;CaratTo=15.00&#038;Sort=Price&#038;Polish=EX&#038;Symmetry=EX&#038;Lab=GIA&#038;Flour=None?a_aid=JSDG\">check out the prices of white diamonds here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>Cheers! :)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Yellow diamonds are common. In fact, most of the diamonds mined from the Earth have either a slight yellow hue to them, or a strong yellow hue. This coloring is caused by Nitrogen. A yellow <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/yellow-diamonds-are-both-good-and-bad\/\" title=\"YELLOW DIAMONDS ARE BOTH GOOD AND BAD\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27853,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jewelry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27849"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}