what exactly are these color?

[RudiYansur]

I'm not sure the different between camelot blue sapphire, cornflower blue sapphire, and royal blue sapphire. what kind of color are these?
http://www.gemrite.com/collections/gems/products/blue-sapphire
http://www.gemrite.com/collections/whats-new/products/blue-sapphire-2-00-cts

 

[chrono]

Camelot, cornflower and royal blue will vary from vendor to vendor, so one person's cornflower could be another person's camelot (not to mention I have no idea what camelot blue is in the first place). Cornflower blue to me is somewhat familiar and is often thought of as a highly saturated medium blue. Royal blue is sometimes a really dark inky blue but some people think of it as a dark but not inky blue. Don't worry about colour names, just get what attracts your eye.

 

[JewelFreak]

Chrono's right. Names are generally simply marketing tools & don't tell you much. Your royal blue might be different from my royal blue -- everyone sees color a little differently anyhow. Look for the color you love best -- it may be called various things by the vendors.

 

[Lady_Disdain]

Chrono's right. Names are generally simply marketing tools & don't tell you much. Your royal blue might be different from my royal blue -- everyone sees color a little differently anyhow. Look for the color you love best -- it may be called various things by the vendors.

Not only that but every monitor is also a little different, unless calibrated. Making fine colour distinctions on a computer screen is pretty hopeless.

 

[Starzin]

If you are considering purchasing one I would go for the second one. I believe someone else returned the other because of the "half and half" darkening of the stone that is evident in the video.

While the 2.00ct cushion shows some darkening in the video, this isn't the same thing since it moves around the stone and is the facets winking off and on as the light hits them. The other stone will tend to always have one half darker than the other.

 

[T L]

Acronyms to describe color are nonsense, just like "pigeon blood" red to describe rubies. As if anyone has seen a pigeon's blood, and what makes it so special??? Sad thing is that some highly reputable labs use these ridiculous acronyms.

I would use standard GIA terms to get an idea of what a gem stone looks like, which describes the hue, depth of saturation, and darkness of tone. Of course, some dealers are a bit too generous when using even this methodology.

http://gemologyproject.com/wiki/index.php?title=Color_grading