{"id":8892,"date":"2014-10-23T06:00:24","date_gmt":"2014-10-23T10:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/?p=8892"},"modified":"2019-04-01T23:24:15","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T03:24:15","slug":"g-color-diamond-color","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/g-color-diamond-color\/","title":{"rendered":"G COLOR DIAMOND COLOR"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"blog-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/G-Color-Diamonds.gif\" alt=\"G Color Diamonds\" title=\"G Color Diamonds\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8895\" \/><\/div>\n<h2>Colors of white:<\/h2>\n<p>\nWalk into any paint store and look at all the <strong>different colors of white<\/strong>. There&#8217;s ultra-white, mint-white, white-orchid, waterfall-mist, eggshell-white&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\nThe point is, there are literally<strong> hundreds of different shades of white<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p><h2>Who knew there were so many?<\/h2>\n<p>\nIt just goes to show you that when we&#8217;re talking about &#8220;white&#8221; (as in white diamonds; Near Colorless &#038; Pure-White), we&#8217;re not always talking about <strong>white-white<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><h2>Diamond colors:<\/h2>\n<p>Diamonds come in white, but they also come in yellow, brown, green, blue, pink, just about every color of the rainbow. Even though there are some wonderful colors of diamonds (like<strong> the Hope Diamond<\/strong>), white is still the <strong>preferred <\/strong>diamond color to get. <\/p>\n<p><h2>The whiter the diamond, the better.<\/h2>\n<p>(Which is generally D-E-F-G-H in color.)<\/p>\n<p>Like these G colored diamond deals from <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesallen.com\/loose-diamonds\/round-cut\/?Color=G&#038;Cut=Ideal,TrueHearts&#038;Clarity=SI1&#038;PriceFrom=200&#038;PriceTo=999000&#038;CaratFrom=0.75&#038;CaratTo=20&#038;Sort=Price&#038;Polish=EX&#038;Symmetry=EX&#038;Lab=GIA&#038;Flour=None?a_aid=JSDG\">James Allen<\/a> &#8211; awesome diamonds, awesome prices.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color:#FFFF99\" valign=\"top\"><strong>CARAT WEIGHT, CLARITY, COLOR, CUT, CERTIFIED<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color:#FFFF99\" valign=\"top\"><strong>PRICE<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color:#FFFF99\" valign=\"top\"><strong>VIEW<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF\" valign=\"top\"><strong>.50, SI1, G, EXCELLENT, GIA<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF\" valign=\"top\"><strong>$1,300<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF\" valign=\"top\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesallen.com\/loose-diamonds\/round-cut\/?Color=G&#038;Cut=Ideal,TrueHearts&#038;Clarity=SI1&#038;PriceFrom=200&#038;PriceTo=999000&#038;CaratFrom=0.5&#038;CaratTo=20&#038;Sort=Price&#038;Polish=EX&#038;Symmetry=EX&#038;Lab=GIA&#038;Flour=None?a_aid=JSDG\">VIEW<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color:#FFFFCC\" valign=\"top\"><strong>.75, SI1, G, EXCELLENT, GIA<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color:#FFFFCC\" valign=\"top\"><strong>$3,000<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color:#FFFFCC\" valign=\"top\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesallen.com\/loose-diamonds\/round-cut\/?Color=G&#038;Cut=Ideal,TrueHearts&#038;Clarity=SI1&#038;PriceFrom=200&#038;PriceTo=999000&#038;CaratFrom=0.75&#038;CaratTo=20&#038;Sort=Price&#038;Polish=EX&#038;Symmetry=EX&#038;Lab=GIA&#038;Flour=None?a_aid=JSDG\">VIEW<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF\" valign=\"top\"><strong>1.00, SI1, G, EXCELLENT, GIA<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF\" valign=\"top\"><strong>$5,500<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF\" valign=\"top\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesallen.com\/loose-diamonds\/round-cut\/?Color=G&#038;Cut=Ideal,TrueHearts&#038;Clarity=SI1&#038;PriceFrom=200&#038;PriceTo=999000&#038;CaratFrom=1&#038;CaratTo=20&#038;Sort=Price&#038;Polish=EX&#038;Symmetry=EX&#038;Lab=GIA&#038;Flour=None?a_aid=JSDG\">VIEW<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><h2>The color grading system:<\/h2>\n<p>\nGIA devised the diamond color grading system in 1949. They wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/the-4-cs-of-diamonds\/\">the 4C&#8217;s<\/a> that jewelers all across America use to grade their stones with. The color grading system is broken down into<strong> 6 main categories:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Colorless<\/li>\n<li>Near Colorless<\/li>\n<li>Faint Yellow<\/li>\n<li>Very Light Yellow<\/li>\n<li>Light Yellow<\/li>\n<li>Fancy Color<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Take a look at the Diamond Color Chart below.<\/p>\n<p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Color-Grading-Scale.jpg\" alt=\"Diamond Color Scale\" title=\"Diamond Color Scale\" width=\"502\" height=\"99\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Color-Grading-Scale.jpg 502w, https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Color-Grading-Scale-300x59.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As you can see from the names of the categories, <strong>most diamonds have yellow in them<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>\nBut yellow, is <strong>not<\/strong> where we are headed today&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><h2>G color:<\/h2>\n<p>G color is in the <strong>Near Colorless range<\/strong>. In fact, it&#8217;s at the very top end of the Near Colorless group. The only diamond colors better are in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/diamond-color-e-f-colorless-diamonds\/\">Colorless<\/a> ranges D, E and F (pure white, void of any color whatsoever).<\/p>\n<p><strong>G color is still considered a white diamond<\/strong>. G is what most jewelers term as &#8220;<strong>fine white<\/strong>&#8220;. Some may even call it &#8220;<strong>off-white<\/strong>&#8220;, either way, G is still <strong>white<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p><h2>White is White:<\/h2>\n<p>To most people G will <strong>look like a Colorless diamond<\/strong>. I could put a G  up against an F and unless I told you which one is which, you probably could never tell. Putting a G up against a D or an E may show you a slight difference.<\/p>\n<p>G does have some color to it; <strong>barely<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\nThis color is usually only seen from the <strong>side view<\/strong> and only seen by <strong>experts<\/strong>. The average customer will look at G and think it looks white. And in truth, that&#8217;s all that really matters.<\/p>\n<p><h2>Obvious yellow:<\/h2>\n<p>People don&#8217;t see color in a diamond <strong>until it starts to look obviously yellow<\/strong> or brown (<strong>usually the J color grade or lower<\/strong>). When you start to notice color, you&#8217;ll also notice something else, <strong>yellow color is not pretty.<\/strong> It can make a diamond look dingy, stained, dirty or old.<\/p>\n<p>Now, some people <strong>don&#8217;t mind yellow<\/strong>. Some say it adds a bit of <strong>warmth <\/strong>to the stone. But others will sneer and only look at white. It&#8217;s just a matter of taste.<\/p>\n<p><h2>White looks better:<\/h2>\n<p>To most, <strong>white does look better, look brighter, and sparkle more<\/strong> (not to mention sell better). <\/p>\n<p>You could go higher up the color chart if you want. You could get into the Colorless ranges of D, E, and F. Colorless stones are <strong>absolutely stunning<\/strong>, very bright, very white, and just magnificent (<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=0.75&#038;CaratTo=20&#038;Sort=Price&#038;Polish=EX&#038;Symmetry=EX&#038;Lab=GIA&#038;Flour=None?a_aid=JSDG\">See some pure white diamonds here<\/a>). Personally, I love Colorless stones. I recommend E. But Colorless is <strong>expensive<\/strong>. <strong>Very expensive.<\/strong> Can you blame them? They are the best of the best. Nothing is higher, so they command a higher price tag.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why G color is such wonderful diamond color to buy. G <strong>looks just as white<\/strong> as the Pure White stones. But G doesn&#8217;t cost you an arm and a leg. Really, Colorless diamonds could cost you thousands more. So for a white diamond, <strong>G is great.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>G is a win-win to your eyes and to your pocketbook.<\/p>\n<p><h2>Compare colors:<\/h2>\n<p>If you want to  really see and <strong>compare G colored diamonds<\/strong>, go to a jewelry store (or look at them online with James Allen) and ask them to show you some different colors side by side. <\/p>\n<p><h2>Like these color grades:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>D Color<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>G Color<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>K Color<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These 3 diamond colors are <strong>one color from each<\/strong> of the top 3 main color categories (Colorless, Near Colorless and Faint Yellow). They will give you a much better idea of what color <strong>really looks like<\/strong>. You should be able to see the differences in these stones. The eye can detect when you go from a <strong>Pure White stone<\/strong> to a <strong>Faint Yellow stone<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><h2>Try it.<\/h2>\n<p>\n<strong>You will love it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\nComparing will help you understand color much better seeing it. <strong>It&#8217;s actually fascinating<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>You could just as easily compare a G color to an E color or a J color (<strong>more common colors<\/strong>), but it will be a bit harder to judge the differences when they&#8217;re just a couple of grades apart. Although if you look at enough diamonds and compare enough stones, you should be able to detect slight color variances between them.<\/p>\n<p>All in all, G is grand. It&#8217;s a good compromise of getting a white stone and still <strong>saving money at the same time<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>\nThese two combinations make G a hard color to beat.<\/p>\n<p><h2>G is bright, white and beautiful.<\/h2>\n<p>And <strong>gee<\/strong>&#8230; <\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>That&#8217;s the best type of diamond to buy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesallen.com\/loose-diamonds\/round-cut\/?Color=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=0.75&#038;CaratTo=20&#038;Sort=Price&#038;Polish=EX&#038;Symmetry=EX&#038;Lab=GIA&#038;Flour=None?a_aid=JSDG\">Check out these G+ colored diamonds here at James Allen.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>Cheers! :)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Colors of white: Walk into any paint store and look at all the different colors of white. There&#8217;s ultra-white, mint-white, white-orchid, waterfall-mist, eggshell-white&#8230; The point is, there are literally hundreds of different shades of white. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/g-color-diamond-color\/\" title=\"G COLOR DIAMOND COLOR\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,6,29,3,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-certification","category-color","category-diamond-guide","category-diamonds","category-engagement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8892"}],"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=8892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}