Can you tell which of these is not like the others?

[diamondseeker2006]

GOODNESS! THAT VC SETTING MAKES ME WANT every.time. I see it DS!

You know what, Gypsy, I was thinking the exact same thing!!! There were several of those pics with that setting, and I thought, why don't I just get it because I have loved it for so long?! I guess I am just worried about whether a stone this size will look as good.


For you...

What size is the stone pictured in the ring? And what size if yours? If yours is bigger I think it will look great. Heck even smaller would look lovely.

I think you should go for the setting. It's just fantastic.

Gypsy, your earlier comment prompted me to make a new setting poll! I accidentally posted it in Show me the Bling and it hasn't been moved to RT yet. So you may as well make your vote official if you have a chance to look over there! My diamond is 8.4mm and the one in that sample ring was either 7 or 7.5mm.


George, George, oh my. The ladies have already told you, but I will say again, we always ask for photos so we can see the facet pattern of the stone and possibly the inclusions. Never are we asking for a photo to determine anything about color!

BUT, you used James Allen as an example, and their videos of diamonds on white backgrounds certainly do show the color of the stones fairly accurately in that environment. As Dreamer (I believe) said, you really have to see a diamond in person to judge color. I would never consider relying on a photo because I know well from being on this forum that even VERY tinted stones can be photographed to look whiter than they are in reality.

 

[Diamond_Hawk]

Sometimes the twists and turns we take are really interesting, eh?

I am now confused about the purpose of the thread - here are my 3 guesses at this point -

(a) To guess five diamonds’ colors?
(b) A passive-aggressive attack on James Allen?
(c) An assertion that Sotheby’s N look the same as Sotheby’s D?

Honestly, I am at a loss. In no way would I ever presume to think the photos in the OP are color-representative, but neither would I ever presume to think colors on vendors’ websites are supposed to be color-representative – for all the reasons smart experienced posters have given.

I took this thread at face-value initially, but I am somewhat befuddled by the turns it has taken - can someone help me out - what, specifically, are we trying to do here?

 

[GeorgeStevens]

Like a Shakespeare play, there have emerged two threads in one. The initial thread is intended as a reminder that it's pretty much impossible to ascertain color from photos online, as well as a way for me to check my own peepers and computer screen. Had everyone identified the N-color stone, I would have thrown my computer into the ocean and gone to the eye doctor. Several people pointed out that photos are useful primarily for seeing the inclusions but useless for color. I was then asked who gave me the idea that one could ascertain color, to which I replied with a reference to other comments and a certain popular vendor with a successful affiliate program who, I think, ought to change a certain website claim.

 

[GeorgeStevens]

And conveniently enough, a display ad comes up reading, "if you can't see the diamond, you don't know what you're buying." True. But the contrapositive is not always true. It is not always true that "if you can see the diamond, you know what you're buying."

 

[Diamond_Hawk]

“Will you buy any tape,
Or lace for your cape,
My dainty-duck my dear-a,
Any silk, any thread, Any toys for your head,
Of the new'st and fin'st, fin'st wear-a?
Come to the pedlar:
Money's a meddler,
That doth utter all men's ware-a!"

Per the Bard, it is always good to be aware of the lengths to which the ‘pedlar’ will go to make the consumer excited about his wares.

George, I had not really considered that there would be “professionals” out there who may be trying to make or break a shoppers’ selections based on the idea that a computer monitor or a given diamond photo could meaningfully convey real-life color appearance. I have presumed a uniform front from all pros - whether onsite salespeople or offsite affiliate employees.

If you're saying there are merchants asserting otherwise that is surprising to me. But if you're right I think it's indeed a great topic of conversation for this “thread”… "Any silk, any thread" for that matter.

 

[GeorgeStevens]

I quoted earlier in this thread from a website of a vendor who has invested a lot of money in photographing/video technology who say that it can be used to assess colour. To which I rely, hogwash.

This doesn't mean, "make or break", but it does mean the consumer is probably being overpromised what can actually be delivered. No photo or video that I've ever seen can clearly and accurately communicate colour.

 

[Andelain]

I quoted earlier in this thread from a website of a vendor who has invested a lot of money in photographing/video technology who say that it can be used to assess colour. To which I rely, hogwash.

This doesn't mean, "make or break", but it does mean the consumer is probably being overpromised what can actually be delivered. No photo or video that I've ever seen can clearly and accurately communicate colour.

It may not be spot on, but JA's videos do give a pretty good idea of the tint in the stones. Pull up a few K's and seen if you can't tell the faint browns from the faint yellows.

 

[sarahb]

Those are very nice pencil sketches of diamonds! Suitable for framing on the wall.

And totally useless for anything else because they are so photoshopped.

It's true no one can distinguish body color from photos. But why is that important? We don't wear photos on our hand/necks/ears. Trying to evaluate body tint from photos is like trying to decide if you will like how something tastes based on Guy Fieri's description.

+2

Whoever gave you the idea that color can be judged from vendors pictures, George?? I will ALWAYS say that color can almost never be judged in pictures on vendor sites and most posted on this forum. But I have taken a picture with my cheap automatic camera and can easily see the color difference. So color can be captured if one desires to do so.

DS, just out of idle curiosity, what are the colors of those diamonds you showed? I love that AVC, what size is it, if you remember? Thanks in advance!