First of all, Hello!
I'm new to PS and have been lurking for the past week or so after having dealt with a stressful experience with a diamond my husband bought me earlier this week. It was beautiful and close to, but just exactly not what hubby wanted to get me as we found out after getting an independent appraisal on the loose diamond and so now I'm online trying to find out as much as I can so that he can stress a little less!! Anyway, this community has been extremely helpful so far and I'm so happy to have found it!
I am still pretty new to all this and know very little about diamonds, so I wanted to ask about color. My husband wants to go with a 2 ct, VS1+, F color diamond with an ideal cut. I want a diamond that looks great, sparkles like mad, and that I won't be scared to wear (meaning, less than $30k! Much less if possible.) I've done a few online searches using some of the PS listed vendors and am seeing a lot more options in 2 ct shy and g color diamonds. But hubby does NOT want a G color diamond. He will only go for F or higher, because he thinks an F will just look much better. Also, he wants to try and get a 2 ct or higher and stay away from the 1.8's 1.92's and etc.
I was told previously by an appraiser that the average person shouldn't be able to tell the difference between two color grades that are only one grade apart, and that if there is a difference, it probably means the stons are TWO grades apart. Is this true? The part of that that doesn't make sense to me is the fact that the same appraiser told me that when appraising a stone, if the stone falls between, say, an H and an I, he would grade it at an H. Following this same logic, if a stone fell between a G and an H, wouldn't that stone be considered a G, but still close to an H, and thus the average person would be able to spot the difference between that and an F stone?
My other question is, I've been looking at measurements for different ideal cut 1.8-2.3 ct diamonds and am noticing a range of measurements for the table. In a few cases, I've found that 1.9's actually have a larger table than the 2.01's. Does this mean that one or the other might just be a little LESS ideally cut? Or... what?
I am still pretty new to all this and know very little about diamonds, so I wanted to ask about color. My husband wants to go with a 2 ct, VS1+, F color diamond with an ideal cut. I want a diamond that looks great, sparkles like mad, and that I won't be scared to wear (meaning, less than $30k! Much less if possible.) I've done a few online searches using some of the PS listed vendors and am seeing a lot more options in 2 ct shy and g color diamonds. But hubby does NOT want a G color diamond. He will only go for F or higher, because he thinks an F will just look much better. Also, he wants to try and get a 2 ct or higher and stay away from the 1.8's 1.92's and etc.
I was told previously by an appraiser that the average person shouldn't be able to tell the difference between two color grades that are only one grade apart, and that if there is a difference, it probably means the stons are TWO grades apart. Is this true? The part of that that doesn't make sense to me is the fact that the same appraiser told me that when appraising a stone, if the stone falls between, say, an H and an I, he would grade it at an H. Following this same logic, if a stone fell between a G and an H, wouldn't that stone be considered a G, but still close to an H, and thus the average person would be able to spot the difference between that and an F stone?

My other question is, I've been looking at measurements for different ideal cut 1.8-2.3 ct diamonds and am noticing a range of measurements for the table. In a few cases, I've found that 1.9's actually have a larger table than the 2.01's. Does this mean that one or the other might just be a little LESS ideally cut? Or... what?