{"id":34672,"date":"2024-09-13T10:45:58","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T14:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/?p=34672"},"modified":"2024-09-13T10:45:58","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T14:45:58","slug":"do-people-really-see-diamond-color","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/do-people-really-see-diamond-color\/","title":{"rendered":"DO PEOPLE REALLY SEE DIAMOND COLOR?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"blog-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Can-You-Really-See-Diamond-Color.gif\" alt=\"DO PEOPLE REALLY SEE DIAMOND COLOR\" title=\"DO PEOPLE REALLY SEE DIAMOND COLOR\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-34675\" \/><\/div>\n<h2>Here&#8217;s the thing&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p>\nMost people <strong>DO NOT see color<\/strong> at all in a diamond.<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>Ever!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\nDoes this surprise you?<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>No!<\/strong> And that&#8217;s because of 1 important reason: most diamond color sold on the market today is in one category called &#8220;<strong>near colorless<\/strong>&#8220;, which is made up of <strong>G-H-I-J diamond colors<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\nThis one category <strong>dominates all of the jewelry stores inventory<\/strong>, and almost all diamonds that you see and buy are in this range.<\/p>\n<p>\nThis near colorless range is generally considered <strong>off-white<\/strong>, or <strong>very faint yellow<\/strong>. And so the rationale is this: if all you see are near colorless stones, then <strong>all diamonds will look similar<\/strong> and color won&#8217;t be obvious.<\/p>\n<p>\nWhen you go down the color chart, and get into <strong>K-L-M diamonds<\/strong>, then color becomes an issue. You can see the yellow in the stone. Many times this yellow makes the diamond look <strong>antiqued or old<\/strong> and can distract the eye into seeing color versus seeing the rest of the stone. <\/p>\n<p>\nBut when you stay in the near colorless category, then <strong>color is generally never questioned<\/strong>. It&#8217;s the norm.<\/p>\n<p>\nAnd this is because of other factors as well: <strong>the size of the diamond can make color look different<\/strong>. The cut can be better and mask color. More brilliance brightens a stone and hides color. The mounting, if it&#8217;s a <strong>yellow gold mounting<\/strong>, can actually mask a yellowish diamond as well. And with the tons and tons of so-called white diamonds, no wonder why no one sees it; sand dollar white, white water, vintage white, dove white, satin white, cloud white, heron white, lace, eggshell (these are not actually diamond colors or names of them, it&#8217;s used as just an example so people understand it).<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>White is many different shades<\/strong>, but there are minute shifts in the diamonds that make them <strong>appear slightly different<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Distinquishing-Color-Between-Diamonds.jpg\" alt=\"White Color in Diamonds\" title=\"White Color in Diamonds\" width=\"640\" height=\"650\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18659\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Distinquishing-Color-Between-Diamonds.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Distinquishing-Color-Between-Diamonds-295x300.jpg 295w, https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Distinquishing-Color-Between-Diamonds-53x53.jpg 53w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>Viewing a diamond from the side view<\/strong> (how diamonds are actually graded) shows more of the true diamond color:<\/p>\n<p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Diamond-Color-Side-View.jpg\" alt=\"Diamond Color Side View\" title=\"Diamond Color Side View\" width=\"640\" height=\"121\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Diamond-Color-Side-View.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Diamond-Color-Side-View-100x19.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Diamond-Color-Side-View-300x57.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nThe only time that diamond color gets really noticed, is when you <strong>compare color side by side<\/strong>. When you put a <strong>J color<\/strong> diamond up against an <strong>pure white diamond<\/strong>, then you&#8217;ll visually see a difference.<\/p>\n<p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/D-Color-To-J-Diamond-Color.jpg\" alt=\"Compare Colorless to Near Colorless Diamonds\" title=\"Compare Colorless to Near Colorless Diamonds\" width=\"640\" height=\"330\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/D-Color-To-J-Diamond-Color.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/D-Color-To-J-Diamond-Color-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/D-Color-To-J-Diamond-Color-100x52.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Any diamond in the <strong>D-E-F color range<\/strong> is called &#8220;pure white&#8221;. And pure whites diamonds, the highest color grades on Earth, are extremely white, bright, and appear bigger and lighter. It makes all the difference in the world, and adds more beauty to the showpiece.<\/p>\n<p>\nSo do yourself a favor, the next time you&#8217;re out shopping for diamonds, <strong>ask to compare the average color diamond to an D, E, or F diamond<\/strong>. That&#8217;s when you&#8217;ll really see a <strong>bold difference<\/strong>. And once you see how beautiful pure white diamonds can be, chances are, you&#8217;ll never buy another diamond color again.<\/p>\n<p>\n<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesallen.com\/loose-diamonds\/all-diamonds\/?Color=F,E,D&#038;Cut=Ideal,TrueHearts&#038;RingMatchID=22606?a_aid=JSDG\">Check out these pure white diamonds here at James Allen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>Cheers! :)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Here&#8217;s the thing&#8230; Most people DO NOT see color at all in a diamond. Ever! Does this surprise you? No! And that&#8217;s because of 1 important reason: most diamond color sold on the market today <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/do-people-really-see-diamond-color\/\" title=\"DO PEOPLE REALLY SEE DIAMOND COLOR?\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34675,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,29,3,10,37,20],"tags":[41,436,488,47,334,227,801,291],"class_list":["post-34672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-color","category-diamond-guide","category-diamonds","category-engagement","category-lab-grown","category-loose-diamonds","tag-diamond","tag-diamond-color","tag-diamond-quality","tag-diamonds","tag-lab-created","tag-lab-grown","tag-lab-grown-diamonds","tag-loose-diamonds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34672"}],"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=34672"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34678,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34672\/revisions\/34678"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}