whats the difference between a "canary" diamond and

[windowshopper]

fancy yellow or fancy intense yellow?????????????????................i love the two canaries ive seen and I loathe the color yellow but i hate all those dark screaming yellows that you see in Graff etc

 

[valeria101]

Hm.... "canary" is a trade name (in pet shops too!

) with no relation to grades.

I''ve heard quite a few jewelry professionals deriding this word in private and using it over the counter just because customers ask for "canary diamonds" and would not take no for an answer easily

What kind of yellow did you see ? (link to refference chart)

 

[windowshopper]

in both instances pieces of estate jewelry. maybe fancy intense yellow first in the #2 second row

 

[valeria101]

If the settings were yellow gold, those could have been "fancy yellow fullstop" as well, not necesarily intense. It is pretty amazing what the color of the setting does to these... That is a pretty strong color anyway - canary or no canary

Sometimes brownish yellow is presented as you say - those diamonds may not look "brown" at all unless you have some color refference at hand. If graded, they'd really get discounted for the "brownish" word - so usually there is no lab report or something non-GIA.

Just IMO, of course.

 

[windowshopper]

canary sounds better huh?

 

[hey joey]

THE BEST WAY TO DISCRIBE CANARY DIAMOND IS WHEN THE GIA REPORT SAYS VIVID. GIA IS VERY COLOR STRICT IN GIVING THE WORD VIVID,JUST LIKE IT IS HARD TO GET AN EXCELLENT TO SYMM.& POLISH.
VERY FEW STONES GET THE VIVID MARK. BY THE WAY VIVID COST OVER $15,000 AND HIGHER PER CARAT DEPENDING ON SIZE AND PURITY.

 

[windowshopper]

so canary would actual be used to define the best color yelow? "vivid yellow"?

 

[bluepetal]

I too don''t like the stoplight "yellows" at Graff. For my taste, they are just tooo yellow. If you go to diamandsbylauren.com, they explain the different yellows. I like the want just below "fancy intense, " I believe it is called "fancy yellow."

 

[diamondsbylauren]

HI Everyone,
The reason that I don''t like the term "carary" is that it does not refer to a specific color grade.
Of course as Ana says, many people ask for the little birdie.

I think it''s best to explain the differnce between Light Yellow, Fancy Light Yellow, Fancy Yellow, Fancy Intense Yellow and Fancy Vivid Yellow.

It''s also true as Ana said that setting stones makes a big difference.

 

[windowshopper]

thanks!