Diamond Color Assistance

[LorettaB]

Can anyone help me with the color of this diamond? Sorry about the 2nd photo being all fuzzy, but the stone is actually closer to that lighter color than the darker one in the other photo.It has a lot of sparkle in natural and overhead light. I think my husband loves it as much as I do.

 

[OoohShiny]

Photographs can basically be adjusted to show whatever colour you want nowadays.

You would need to unmount the stone and send it for either Appraisal with a PS-recommended appraiser, or send it to GIA or AGS for appraisal and a grading report.

 

[kenny]

Since it's a diamond send it to GIA, not AGS or an appraiser.
GIA is the grading gold standard for colored diamonds.
AGA is the grading gold standard for colored gems that are not diamonds.
IMO appraisals are a can of worms and hold NO weight compared to a GIA report.

Grading from GIA the only way to be as certain as possible what the true color of a fancy colored diamond is.
Less reputable labs will issue more-desireable grades, but such grades is a worthless lies ... except to a vendor trying to overcharge a poorly-informed customer.

BTW, an FCD should be graded by GIA before you buy it.
With out a GIA report you don't know what the true color is, so you can't determine what the price should be.
Even worse you don't know whether it is fully natural or not ... and that brings up TWO things.
This ignorance helps the seller but hurts the buyer.

Two things can be natural or not in a colored diamond:
The origin of the material. It can be:
1. Mined from the earth
2. Grown in a laboratory

Next the origin of the color may be from:
1. The earth (natural)
2. Treatment in a laboratory

These two things will drastically affect the price.
Fully natural (when verified by a GIA report) will be the most expensive.
The next most expensive is when you are ripped off by a seller claiming it's fully natural when it actually is not.

I hope you didn't buy the later.
Again in the future never buy a fancy colored diamond without a GIA report.
Fully natural diamonds with GIA reports are NOT more expensive.
They are just not fraud, a lie, a ripoff.

If you don't care whether color or material orign is natural be sure to buy from a seller who tells you both are NOT natural ... that way you are less likely to overpay.

 

[kenny]

You can't grade diamonds, especially the color of Fancy Colored diamonds from pics.
But those pics show a lot of brown.
It may be the unreliability of the photographic process, or it may be the diamond itself.
I see some pink too, but again it may be the photo.

Even if it is pink it may be from lab treatment, not the earth.

If you want to know the true color (and the origin of the color) have the stone removed and sent to GIA.

 

[LorettaB]

Thank you for the replies and good advice.

 

[OoohShiny]

I would have to ask @kenny to confirm, but I think a GIA grading is about $100?

Check out the GIA website, it may well have the price on there

 

[AGBF]

Thank you so much, kenny! You are a font of knowledge about colored diamonds and you really came to the rescue tonight.

Deb

 

[SimoneDi]

OP, are you sure that this is a diamond? It looks very much like a sapphire/other colored stone to me and not a diamond..otherwise, if a diamond, the what @kenny said.

 

[mochiko42]

I agree with @SimoneDi, it does not look like a diamond judging from the photos alone. You could have it inspected by a local appraiser to confirm what type of stone it is before going through the hassle of unsettling it and sending it to GIA (if it's diamond) or AGL (if it's a gemstone).