Diamond Color

Many people are inexplicably drawn to the depth and beauty of a colorless diamond. Exemplifying purity, it is the perfect symbol for an external union.

Although, most people think if a diamond as being white or colorless it is actually the exception rather than the rule. Color to one degree or another occurs in almost every diamond nature creates. It happens as a result of either variations in the crystalline structure of the stone or the presence of trace amounts of other elements in the composition of the diamond. Small amounts of nitrogen will result in one of the more common and yet interesting color variation of yellow. Large amounts of multiple elements causes many of natures creations to take on a less attractive brown or gray coloration. Some other very rare, and very expensive, colors are blue, red, pink and green.

The image to the right illustrates the standard *G.I.A. scale for color. Please, note that the very top of the scale actually begins with "D". It actually goes all the way to "Z" as it overlaps a separate scale that deals with the fancy colors mentioned above.