Colored Diamonds

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Natural Fancy Colored Diamonds

NATURAL FANCY COLORED DIAMONDS

Colored diamonds, also known as “fancy diamonds”, are a stunning type of natural diamond available in an array of colors and tones. In the world of diamonds, rarity undoubtedly equals value, and fancy colored diamonds are far rarer than traditional white stones.

With only one in 10,000 diamonds having a fancy color, it’s clear why many experts consider natural fancy colored diamonds to be the most highly prized of gems. Colored diamonds boast dazzling brilliance and are available in several exquisite colors, from popular pinks and yellows to the rarest green, blue, orange and purple hues.

Colorless diamonds are valued upon their absence of color using GIA’s D-to-Z color-grading scale, decreasing in value as the color becomes more obvious. Fancy diamonds are the opposite, with their value increasing as the depth of color intensifies. Colored diamonds, or “fancies”, exhibit color beyond the Z range, with vivid fancy colored diamonds extremely rare.

There are 12 color variations of natural colored diamonds and over 90 secondary hues, nine intensity levels, and more than 230 color combinations. Their colors are typically muted rather than pure and strong, as they are often blended with other colors and muted by greyish or brownish tones. When you buy colored diamonds, you’ll find large vivid colored stones are the most valuable as they are so difficult to obtain.

The rarest and most valuable natural colored diamonds are said to be red, green, purple and orange, with medium to dark tones and moderate saturations. These are followed by blue and pink diamonds. The most common colors are browns and yellows.

Black, grey, and fancy white are also variations of natural fancy colored diamonds. Perhaps the most famous colored diamond is the “Black Orlov” or “Eye of Brahma”, a 67.50-carat cushion-cut black diamond.

FEATURES AND GRADING OF NATURAL COLORED DIAMONDS

Within the international jewelry trade, there is a consensus that fancy colored diamonds should display certain features to be classified as true “fancies”. These features are the presence of either a yellow or brown color (with a higher color than a Z master stone) or a color other than yellow or brown.

Grading natural fancy colored diamonds is a specialized and complex task. This is because colored diamonds come in so many shades and there are simply too many variations to make a complete set of master stones. When the highly trained diamond graders at the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) grade fancy colored diamonds, they use a combination of comparison stones and printed standard colors to assist them in accurately identifying a diamond’s characteristic color.

Features And Grading Of Natural Colored Diamonds

The GIA system for grading the color of natural fancy colored diamonds has been designed to consider the fact that not all colored diamonds have the same depth of color. For example, yellow diamonds are more widely found, while blue diamonds are rarer.

Once the diamond's characteristic color has been determined, it will be assigned a color grade. This consists of a characteristic color modified by one of these grade terms, which signifies color intensity:

  • Faint
  • Very Light
  • Light
  • Fancy Light
  • Fancy
  • Fancy Intense
  • Fancy Vivid
  • Fancy Dark
  • Fancy Deep

Faint, very light and light are applied to all colors excluding yellow. Any diamond with a natural yellow color stronger than the Z master stone will be termed “fancy light yellow”.

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At Rêve Diamonds, we offer an unrivalled level of service and have an extensive inventory of high-quality diamonds to choose from. By sourcing and polishing our own diamonds, we cut out the middleman and pass on the savings to our customers.

Through our virtual and in-person consultations, we’ll help you find the perfect colored diamond and talk you through your options for using it in a custom setting. Our expert jewelers can also create a bespoke engagement ring or another piece of jewelry to your exact specifications. Take a look at what our customers say about us:

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COLORED DIAMONDS QUESTIONS

What is a fancy colored diamond?

Natural fancy colored diamonds are rare specimens that exhibit color beyond the Z range of the GIA color grading scale. The characteristics used to describe the color of these stones are hue, tone and saturation. Colored diamonds come in almost any color you can imagine, with red, green, purple and orange being the rarest, followed by pink and blue. Yellows and browns are the most common fancy colors.

Are fancy colored diamonds real?

Yes, natural colored diamonds are completely authentic. The colors exhibited by these stones have developed in nature over millions of years, formed when other elements interact with the carbon atoms during a diamond’s creation. Studies suggest nitrogen, boron and radiation can all affect the color of a natural diamond.

Are fancy colored diamonds more expensive?

Natural colored diamonds are more expensive than white diamonds due to their rarity. The rarest colored diamonds are significantly more expensive than traditional white diamonds, with a value that rises exponentially with each improved attribute. Intense or vivid diamonds have a strong color and a much higher value than white diamonds of a similar size and clarity. Colored diamonds range in price from thousands to millions of pounds, with value depending on the stone’s carat weight, cut, clarity and color.

What is the rarest colored diamond?

Red diamonds are the rarest fancy colored diamonds, with only 20 to 30 natural red diamonds known to exist. If you want to buy colored diamonds and have your heart set on natural red stones, you’d have to pay in excess of one million dollars per carat.

Are fancy colored diamonds a good investment?

Unlike white diamonds, which tend to depreciate over time, colored diamonds have consistently increased in value over the past few decades. Due to their rarity and high demand, fancy colored diamonds have shown significant appreciation in their value compared to stocks and bonds.

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COLORED DIAMONDS

Colored diamonds are primarily valued based on the intensity and distribution of their color. All Rêve Diamonds colored diamonds have a natural color, ranging from yellow and pink to grey, black, brown and beyond. When you buy colored diamonds from us, they are always accompanied by an official GIA report. Our colored diamond education pages will help you understand the unique properties of colored diamonds and assist you in selecting the stone that is right for you.

Using the search tool above, you can browse an up-to-date inventory of diamonds and find the perfect one for your bespoke jewelry or engagement ring. Just like our white diamond search tool, you can select the shape, carat, cut and clarity of our fancy colored diamonds, but you must also choose the color and intensity to find exactly what you’re looking for.

Available colored diamond hues include yellow, pink, blue, red, purple, grey and black. Intensity refers to how deep the color is, with higher intensity colored diamonds being rarer and more valuable.
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