4 C's - Color

Most diamonds look white, but there are many subtle shades. The closer a diamond is colorless, the more valuable it becomes. Diamonds with no hint of color at all are very rare, and are called colorless.

In the United States and around the world, colorless diamonds are graded on an alphabetical scale, introduced by the Gemological Institute of America(GIA). Grading laboratories use a color scale that ranges from D (completely colorless) to Z (strong yellow).Diamonds of color grade D are very rare, and extremely valuable.

Diamonds ranging from D to F in color have virtually no color tone and are the most valuable.

Diamonds in the range of G to J are almost colorless and most people cannot detect color tones in them, they are less expensive.

Diamonds of K color and lower have enough yellow color tone which most people can easily detect, nevertheless, these stones can still make fine jewelry and their cost is much less than higher color grade diamonds.

Depending on the stone's size, a single increase in color grade can boost the value of a diamond by thousands of dollars per carat.

A traditional engagement diamond is usually colorless or near-colorless.

In nature, diamonds can also occur in shades of red, pink, blue, green and deep yellow - These are called "Fancy diamonds".


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