Diamonds - The Four C's
THE FIRST C - COLOR
A diamond color is measured from D-Z. D color is colorless and Z is
yellow. We recommend our clients stay above an I color for an
exceptional diamond color.
When applied to diamonds,
color is often misunderstood by people outside the diamond trade. Many
people think of diamonds as colorless. In reality, truly colorless
diamonds are quite rare. Most diamonds used in jewelry are nearly
colorless with faint yellow or brown tints. These diamonds fall in the
normal color range.
GIA D-Z Color Grading
Scale
In the D-Z
color range, a D color diamond will always be more valuable than other
diamonds… all other factors--clarity, carat weight, and cut--being equal
of course.
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Diamonds outside the normal color range are called fancy-colored and
come in about any color you can imagine.
Any naturally colored diamond
with a noticeable depth of bodycolor considered to be rare or
attractive. Red and green are the rarest fancy colors, followed by
purple, violet, orange, blue, and pink. Yellow and greenish yellow
diamonds are more common. While white, black, and gray are not,
strictly speaking, spectral colors, they are also considered fancies.
In the GIA color grading system, fancy color grades are described as
faint, very light, light, fancy light, fancy, fancy intense, and fancy
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