Diamond Color
In 1939 the DeBeers company introduced the concepts of cut, carat, color and clarity as measures of a diamond's quality.Most diamonds are icy white in color, but they may have hints or shades of other color. Diamonds which are truly pure or white are extremely rare and therefore very valuable. However, diamonds with shades of other colors may also be valuable if they enhance the diamond's beauty and rarity.
Gemologists and diamond dealers grade diamonds on a color scale established by the Gemological Institute of America (GIA), ranging from D (colourless) to Z.
The color scale is meant to assess the amount of shading found in primarily white diamonds. However some diamonds are completely colored and therefore are not graded according to this scale. Colored diamonds are extremely rare and very valuable as well.
Colored diamonds are sometimes found in pink, blue, green, yellow, brown, orange and, very rarely, red. Diamonds of these colors are extremely rare and valuable.
However a diamond's color is only one factor in determining its value. See also: cut, carat, color and clarity
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