Tips about Diamond
Color
The surprising fact about the diamond
is that it has no hue or color. The color of a diamond can either be detracted
from or enhanced from its value that entirely depends in the hue and intensity
for a diamond’s coloration. In reality, the diamond color actually means lack
of colors. The diamond color evaluation is based on the absence of color.
You can find the diamond in the different color like steel,
gray, white, blue, yellow, orange, red, green, pink, purple, brown and black. Fancy colorful diamonds contain interstitial impurities or structural defects
as a side effect of coloration. On the other hand, pure diamonds are perfectly
colorless and transparent.
Like color of water, as mentioned earlier a chemically pure
and structurally perfect diamond is colorless material, the diamond color is
classified into various grading, grading the whiteness of a diamond. The chart
given below shows the diamond colors and grading.
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Diamond colors
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Z-N
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Noticeable color. Not carried by the Blue Nile.
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M-K
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Noticeable color. Not carried by the Blue Nile.
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J-I
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Near-colorless. An exceptional value with slightly detectable warmth
or tone
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H-G
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Near-colorless. Color difficult to detect unless compared side by
side against diamonds of better grades. An excellent value.
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F-E
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Colorless. Minute traces of color can be detected by an expert
gemologist. A rare diamond.
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D
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Absolutely colorless. The highest color grade. Extremely rare.
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color d is the highest possible while ‘Z’ is the lowest. The Blue Nile
only sells diamonds with a color grade of j or higher. Color manifests itself
in a diamond as a pale yellow. Thus, for this reason, the diamond's color grade
is based on its lack of color. Lesser the color a diamond has, the higher is
its color grade and vice-versa. The selection of diamond at secondary level
depends on its color. Meanwhile, it primarily depends on its cut. Thus, color
is the major factor for selection of any diamonds. The reason behind this is
that human eye tends to detect a diamond’s sparkle (light performance) at
first and color at second.
How to select the correct color?
- · Select G-I with a near-colorless grade for an excellent value in a diamond with little or no noticeable color to the unaided eye.
- · Select a colorless diamond with a grade of D-F for a diamond with no discernible color , if you want the purist.
Hope these tips are useful for you
to know much about diamond color and selection of diamond based on colors.
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