Diamond Engagement Rings Specialist

One is so used to thinking of diamonds as colourless and dazzling, reflecting any light around them that not too many people are aware of the number of colours that diamonds come in. So to shape and size, one can add colours as well when it comes to diamonds that are mined, cut and available all over the world.

Grading Diamonds For Diamond Rings

Grading diamonds by way of colour is the very first grading process when it comes to diamonds. Considering that there are so many diamonds that are not colourless and go from blue, red, pink, brown and yellow, this filtering process has to be done in order to decide the value of the stones. However, there are a number of people who like coloured diamonds so then it really is not a matter of price but a matter of personal preference. The white diamonds do reflect the most light and so one cannot deny the fact that they sparkle a lot brighter than the coloured diamonds. When a white or colourless diamond is perfectly cut, there’s really quite nothing that can take your breath away with its dazzle like it does.

Diamond Rings and a Whiter Shade of Pale

Diamonds are coded for colour and instead of an A to Z coding, it begins at D. This is only so that in case a more colourless or whiter diamond were ever discovered, there’s a place before D to slot them in. Wishful thinking or being practical is anyone’s guess. What colour really does to a diamond is act as an obstruction to the light that penetrates it. When a diamond is colourless, the light goes through cleanly and gets reflected as well as refracted. The light goes right through to the centre of the stone from where it bounces back in all its brilliance, showing you a rainbow of colours when it refracts. In fact, each facet acts very much like a prism does, spilling out a spectrum of colours to the world outside.

Diamond Ring Colour and Value

The most valuable diamonds today are those that are classified as being in the D to F range. Colourless or white diamonds are the rarer diamonds so naturally, they are valued at higher prices. So carat for carat, you will find that the white diamonds as they are called will cost a whole lot more.

Finally, you need to pick a diamond depending on what you like. Let’s face it, most people do not buy a diamond with a resale value in mind. You buy a diamond for the way it looks and one person’s taste might differ from another when it comes to diamonds as in everything else.

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