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Your Guide To The Five C's |
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Color |
Color is the amount of color in a diamond and diamonds come in every color of the rainbow, but the most popular ones are white. Diamonds with an absence of color, or colorless, are the most rare, highly prized and most costly diamonds available. Diamond color ranges from colorless to yellowish with a whole spectrum of shadings in between. Diamonds are given a color grade based on how far they deviate from the purest white color. Colorless stones are graded D and color grading continues down through the alphabet with each letter designating a more yellow tint in the diamond. The best way to see the true color of a diamond is to look at it from the side and compare it to a master set of stone of predetermined color values. It is important to note that the transition between colors is so minute that the colors are not easily graded, especially with the untrained eye.
Although the majority of diamonds come in shades of white, diamonds are also found in a variety of rare majestic colors from red to brilliant canary yellow, light blue, pink, green and brown. These diamonds, known as fancies, are valued for their unusual color just as white diamonds are valued for their lack of color.
Diamond color is an important factor to beauty, rarity, and value because it is something you can see. Color is an important factor in the purchase of a diamond as it can effect the price by 5 - 20% for each letter on the color scale. . When choosing diamonds for your rings, necklaces, earrings or other diamond jewelry, ask your jeweler about color and observe diamonds that are colorless, near colorless and faint yellow before selecting the diamond color you prefer.
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