Why does my "H" look yellow
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Hey!
Well it could be reflecting the colors of the walls, or it could be that you are more sensitive to color then others. Some people can tell very easily the difference between a D and an H while others can''t. Did your stone come with a certificate? If it''s not beige in other settings, I would think it was just the color around you.
Well it could be reflecting the colors of the walls, or it could be that you are more sensitive to color then others. Some people can tell very easily the difference between a D and an H while others can''t. Did your stone come with a certificate? If it''s not beige in other settings, I would think it was just the color around you.
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Don''t worry--there are times when I too see that warm tint and get nervous
As Ally said, your stone could just be picking up colors around you. I''ve even found that my stone looks whiter on my mom (who has pink undertones in her skin) than on me (I have yellow undertones). Whenever I start to freak out about seeing yellow in my stone, I usually compare my stone to my F colored T&C earrings (which are 1.5 ctw rounds). When I see the same tint in my earrings I always feel a lot better
So I should ask my office manager to have the lights changed here, huh
It''s GIA cert. so maybe I am just color sensative, although since I spend the majority of my day at work, so it looks yellow more often than white to me-maybe I''ll just have to quit and find a job where I can see my ring in natural light!!
It''s GIA cert. so maybe I am just color sensative, although since I spend the majority of my day at work, so it looks yellow more often than white to me-maybe I''ll just have to quit and find a job where I can see my ring in natural light!!
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I used to have an I colored stone. The tint would drive me crazy sometimes, particularly in my bathroom. Drove me CRAZY! When I upgraded I called in a stone that I thought was a G....turned out to be a D (I read the information wrong). I fell in love with it. But lemme tell ya...it still looks yellow tinted in the bathroom, which means, it''s the bathroom lights, not the stone.
I don''t know if in your case it''s the lighting or you''re color sensitive (for me it was both) but definitely don''t rule out the lighting!
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It may just be the lighting or the wall colors around your apartment or office or a combination of color of the stone and its enviornment. However, most office lighting tends to be rather white and stale and shouldn't give off a yellow tint. If you commonly see it across different lighting situations, it is probably the H color.
Typically H is the color grade where one starts to notice color. Depending on your color sensitivity, most people will start to see the slightest tint of yellow form either G or H or I and some less sensitive eyes JKL. I personally start to pick it up at G and sometimes even F. Also in IMO princess cut, similar to a pear shape, shows color more than say a round diamond. So an H princess with look yellower than an H round. I believe this is linked with another factor: cut. The better the cut of your princess (goes for any shape) the better it will hide the color of the diamond - will face up whiter.
However when I say that you start to see a tint, I mean if you really really look, like you are probably doing to your e-ring. Most of the time no one will ever notice the tint that you may be seeing.
Typically H is the color grade where one starts to notice color. Depending on your color sensitivity, most people will start to see the slightest tint of yellow form either G or H or I and some less sensitive eyes JKL. I personally start to pick it up at G and sometimes even F. Also in IMO princess cut, similar to a pear shape, shows color more than say a round diamond. So an H princess with look yellower than an H round. I believe this is linked with another factor: cut. The better the cut of your princess (goes for any shape) the better it will hide the color of the diamond - will face up whiter.
However when I say that you start to see a tint, I mean if you really really look, like you are probably doing to your e-ring. Most of the time no one will ever notice the tint that you may be seeing.
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We definitely need pics!!
Okay, now that I have that out of my system
, as for the tint, as the others have said, it is either due to environmental factors (i.e. lighting, carpet, your shirt) or possibly you being capable of detecting the warmth in your stone better or a combination of both. Also, fancy cut stones, such a princess, do tend to show a bit more tint than their RB counterparts.
I personally am very color sensitive, but believe me, if I am ever given the option of upgrading in size, I will be more than willing to sacrifice my love for colorless stones for a nice gigantic I/J/K RB diamond
Okay, now that I have that out of my system
I personally am very color sensitive, but believe me, if I am ever given the option of upgrading in size, I will be more than willing to sacrifice my love for colorless stones for a nice gigantic I/J/K RB diamond
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Hi all,
Certainly picking up color tones from the things around a diamond will come into play. However, not all H colors are created equal. Your stone may be showing a little more body color consistent with an I color and in other words be a "weak" H. Other stones are a stronger H. By GIA color grading procedures, since an I masterstone is at the top of the range, a just slightly lighter (whiter) stone would have to be called an H, because grading color is a process of labeling the abscence of color, i.e. the whiteness. But a stone such as this just makes it into the H range, and is no where near the top of the H range. Given certain kinds of lighting, it''s not surprising that you may pick up a yellowish tint.
Stephen Marino
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Certainly picking up color tones from the things around a diamond will come into play. However, not all H colors are created equal. Your stone may be showing a little more body color consistent with an I color and in other words be a "weak" H. Other stones are a stronger H. By GIA color grading procedures, since an I masterstone is at the top of the range, a just slightly lighter (whiter) stone would have to be called an H, because grading color is a process of labeling the abscence of color, i.e. the whiteness. But a stone such as this just makes it into the H range, and is no where near the top of the H range. Given certain kinds of lighting, it''s not surprising that you may pick up a yellowish tint.
Stephen Marino
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Boston & vicinity
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WOW........That''s a beautiful ring!!
NOTE: Below is intended completely tongue in cheek!
Dear nycgirl,
You have Diamond Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (DOCD), an illness many of us suffer from on this forum. DOCD, discovered by Dr. Brillianteering in the early 1900''s, is a manifestation of mental anomolies when perfectly sane individuals become the owners of high quality diamonds. What typically occurs for an accurate DOCD diagnosis is euphoria upon the purchase of a nice gem, followed by self doubt, and ultimately downright concern that the purchased stone has somehow magically changed in appearance while the owner slept.
While there are no known medications available to combat DOCD, many people have reported the symptoms are reduced or completely eliminated by visiting chain jewelry stores, such as Zales or Kay, or having lunch with a friend who has a stone of poorer quality than the DOCD sufferer.
NOTE: Below is intended completely tongue in cheek!
Dear nycgirl,
You have Diamond Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (DOCD), an illness many of us suffer from on this forum. DOCD, discovered by Dr. Brillianteering in the early 1900''s, is a manifestation of mental anomolies when perfectly sane individuals become the owners of high quality diamonds. What typically occurs for an accurate DOCD diagnosis is euphoria upon the purchase of a nice gem, followed by self doubt, and ultimately downright concern that the purchased stone has somehow magically changed in appearance while the owner slept.
While there are no known medications available to combat DOCD, many people have reported the symptoms are reduced or completely eliminated by visiting chain jewelry stores, such as Zales or Kay, or having lunch with a friend who has a stone of poorer quality than the DOCD sufferer.
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This is odd - usually a diamond's colour face up will look whiter when set than when unmounted.Date: 2/14/2006 5:25:09 AM
Author: lisaapple
Anytime when a diamond set in to the ring the Color will be down for one grade. And somtime is look more yellow because of the light or the ring have block the reflection of the diamond.
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Rod that is absolutely hilarious and so true. I love it!
NYCgirl your ring looks outright gorgeouse! You don't see many princess halos and that is such a beautiful one too. You should definately post it on "show me the ring" forum!
Now back to the tint problem. I think its hard to say form your pic whether the tint is due to the fact that the H is at the lower end of the H grade so I wouldn't pine over that. I can see the tint as well on your e-ring. IMO the reason the you are detecting the H color stronger than you would normally detect it is due to the contrast in color between the center stone and the pave around. Even if the pave is H color, pave generally tends to have a whiter look to it. So, side by side, you will see the tint better than if your H stone was set, for example, in a traditional solitare setting. So to answer your question at this point I don't think that its just the lighting and it is a combination of the H color playing off the contrast of the pave.
But again, you have such a beautiful ring and I'm sure you get lots of compliments on it. So, hopefully you can stop fixating on the H color and move past it to enjoy your e-ring. Rod is absolutely right, when you have a gorgeouse ring and all the elments are beautify, you will always nit pick and search out to find something that is not quiet perfect. When your ring has many flaws however you don't get as bothered b/c you just don't care enough. I know I nit pick way way more at my D VVS 1.97 very nice cut princess a lot more than I nit picked at my e-ring form an ex-engagement that was .9ct average cut I color Si clarity marque.
NYCgirl your ring looks outright gorgeouse! You don't see many princess halos and that is such a beautiful one too. You should definately post it on "show me the ring" forum!
Now back to the tint problem. I think its hard to say form your pic whether the tint is due to the fact that the H is at the lower end of the H grade so I wouldn't pine over that. I can see the tint as well on your e-ring. IMO the reason the you are detecting the H color stronger than you would normally detect it is due to the contrast in color between the center stone and the pave around. Even if the pave is H color, pave generally tends to have a whiter look to it. So, side by side, you will see the tint better than if your H stone was set, for example, in a traditional solitare setting. So to answer your question at this point I don't think that its just the lighting and it is a combination of the H color playing off the contrast of the pave.
But again, you have such a beautiful ring and I'm sure you get lots of compliments on it. So, hopefully you can stop fixating on the H color and move past it to enjoy your e-ring. Rod is absolutely right, when you have a gorgeouse ring and all the elments are beautify, you will always nit pick and search out to find something that is not quiet perfect. When your ring has many flaws however you don't get as bothered b/c you just don't care enough. I know I nit pick way way more at my D VVS 1.97 very nice cut princess a lot more than I nit picked at my e-ring form an ex-engagement that was .9ct average cut I color Si clarity marque.
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Kal I don't see a tint at all in that stone or ring....I don't know how you see it!!
NYC...you should not be seeing YELLOW in an H stone...period. You may see an absolute tiny bit of off white but it's not going to be yellow or even cream at that point. You probably wouldn't even begin to see yellowish until probably more likeL/M/N depending on the cut of the stone. Even a J will be an off white.
Secondly, melee that is H or similar will not show contrast to an H center stone....there are tons of gals here who have higher colored melee and lower colored center stones who don't see a whit of difference. It may just be sensitive eyes but it's very hard to say that melee is contributing to making a center H look 'yellow'. I have E/F/G melee in my eternity rings and a J diamond and I seriously can say there's no difference at all between my J stone and my melee.
Chances are it is picking up color from the surroundings which diamonds do, and esp since you have so many small diamonds surrounding it, also if they are throwing off any color sparkles at the time, your big stone may pick it up. You don't just have a solitaire here, you have tons of small diamonds that are all doing various things at any given point in time and they could be playing off of each other.
I had a G and then an H and now a J and the G and H looked the same to me...I saw NO color in the H even when viewing it side by side with other diamonds etc. Some of it may depend on the eyes but I feel like this is probably just an instance of your stone/ring picking up colors from surroundings or elsewhere and back to your eyes.
NYC...you should not be seeing YELLOW in an H stone...period. You may see an absolute tiny bit of off white but it's not going to be yellow or even cream at that point. You probably wouldn't even begin to see yellowish until probably more likeL/M/N depending on the cut of the stone. Even a J will be an off white.
Secondly, melee that is H or similar will not show contrast to an H center stone....there are tons of gals here who have higher colored melee and lower colored center stones who don't see a whit of difference. It may just be sensitive eyes but it's very hard to say that melee is contributing to making a center H look 'yellow'. I have E/F/G melee in my eternity rings and a J diamond and I seriously can say there's no difference at all between my J stone and my melee.
Chances are it is picking up color from the surroundings which diamonds do, and esp since you have so many small diamonds surrounding it, also if they are throwing off any color sparkles at the time, your big stone may pick it up. You don't just have a solitaire here, you have tons of small diamonds that are all doing various things at any given point in time and they could be playing off of each other.
I had a G and then an H and now a J and the G and H looked the same to me...I saw NO color in the H even when viewing it side by side with other diamonds etc. Some of it may depend on the eyes but I feel like this is probably just an instance of your stone/ring picking up colors from surroundings or elsewhere and back to your eyes.
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When I''m at home in my room watching TV and I look at my ring, I notice that it has a tan tint to it...looking at it here at work it''s sparkly and clear. I''m guessing the tint to it is from the brown ugly walls in the room. This could be the same problem you''re having.
At first it bothered me but then I realized that it looked kind of cool that color..like a champaigne diamond.
At first it bothered me but then I realized that it looked kind of cool that color..like a champaigne diamond.
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