Diamond Rings

Diamond Rings: Coloured Diamonds

When it comes to coloured diamonds, there seem to be two very strong viewpoints and both sides can be quite rigid. There’s the first camp that firmly believes that diamonds must be clear and brilliant without ant trace of colour for it to qualify as being a diamond of the first water. There’s the other group that might go gaga over diamonds that are white but are equally enamoured by diamonds with a hint of colour.

Diamond Rings: How Diamonds get their Colour

It is usually the presence of trace elements in the diamonds that gives it colour. A yellow diamond for example could be the result of nitrogen trapped inside. The other reason for diamonds being coloured could be due to radiation while it was being formed. This usually results in a green tings. Any kind of inclusions in the diamond could mean so many different hues. Of course, with coloured diamonds getting popular today, high heat treatment in a laboratory could result in diamonds acquiring a tinge of colour.

Diamond Rings: Coloured Diamonds become Fashionable

The coming year is said to be the year of coloured diamonds. Already, we saw the trend changing in the past year and there were yellow, pink and brown diamonds that were proudly worn and flaunted especially on the red carpet. The strange thing is that more and more people are choosing coloured diamonds for an engagement ring as well. One would have assumed that while anniversary rings, promise rings or any other special day gifts would have been coloured, engagement rings would have stayed with the classic style. However, here too, the winds of change are blowing. All we can say is that maybe people want to colour their world a bit more.

Diamond Rings: Coloured demands a Price

If coloured diamonds have, till recently, been related to a poor cousin status, no longer does this hold true. Natural coloured diamonds are demanding a high price today. Why, Christie’s just sold one owned by Spain’s King Philip IV for over £18,000! With the prediction of coloured diamonds ruling the roost on the fashion scene in the year ahead, these are obviously going to be a lot more expensive, especially the natural ones.

Some of the famous coloured diamonds have been the famous black Amsterdam diamond, the brown Earth Star diamond, the yellow Dresden diamond, the blue Heart of Eternity Diamond and the famous blue-grey Hope Diamond. While the white brilliant diamonds have been the sought after ones through the years, there have been some exceptional ones like these and more which have been prized possessions of the rich and famous for many years.