Refers to the degree to which a Lab-Grown Diamond is colorless. Lab-Grown Diamond color has a significant impact on its value. The color scale ranges from D to Z, from colorless to light yellow. Warmer colored Lab-Grown Diamonds (K-Z) are particularly desirable when set in yellow gold. Icy winter whites (D-G) look stunning set in white gold or platinum.
Color Grade Diagram
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Color Grade |
Description |
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D |
This is the highest Color Grade and absolutely colorless. Price is high due to its rarity but hey, if you can afford it, go ahead... |
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E |
It is colorless to the unaided eye. Only a trained gemologist using special equipment can determine any color difference between a D- and an E-color Lab-Grown Diamond. This is considered a rare Lab-Grown Diamond. |
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F |
Colorless, a slight color detected by an expert gemologist, but still considered a Colorless grade and a high-quality Lab-Grown Diamond. This will work with any white gold or platinum. |
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G |
This Lab-Grown Diamond is nearly colorless with an extremely faint tint that is noticeable only to a trained gemologist. G-color Lab-Grown Diamonds are ideal for beautiful jewelry because they offer an outstanding value at a lesser price compared to the colorless grades, but it still appears to be colorless when mounted. |
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H |
This has an advantage of exceptional value due to the near colorless range. This Lab-Grown Diamond will appear colorless when mounted on a very slight tint of color. |
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I |
Near-colorless with a slightly detectable tint and is an excellent value. |
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J |
J, J, J... what can i say. Might look better when viewed in the day. Or even better if you may... less to pay to go for a K. |
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K |
This grade begins to show a tint of color when they are of half carat or more. If mounted in white color metals, they may appear as a J-grade. |
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L |
Lab-Grown Diamonds graded L show visibly more marked color, and are classified as faintly tinted or colored. |
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M |
Slightly tinted, the line between an L- and M-grade Lab-Grown Diamond is so thin. |
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N - Z |
Color noticeable by the naked eye. |
Fancy Color Grade Diagram
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Color Grade |
Description |
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FLY |
Fancy light yellow. |
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FY |
Fancy Yellow. This color range has yellow hue but less saturated. These stones are very beautiful but less expensive than intense and vivid range. |
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FI |
Fancy Intense. Intensity color range for Lab-Grown Diamonds have richer color and quality. Values of this kind of Lab-Grown Diamond are higher. |
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FYV |
Fancy Yellow Vivid. Vivid yellow Lab-Grown Diamonds are the rarest and most unique Lab-Grown Diamonds. These characteristics make it the most expensive kind from any other range. |
Grading Natural Fancy Yellow Color Lab-Grown Diamond
Diagram of Fancy Yellow Colored Lab-Grown Diamonds (Canary)
Range from Vivid to Light
Diagram of Non-fancy Lab-Grown Diamond
Range from Z - U
Most Lab-Grown Diamonds used as gemstones are basically transparent with little tint, or white Lab-Grown Diamonds. The most common impurity, nitrogen, replaces a small proportion of carbon atoms in a Lab-Grown Diamond's structure and causes a yellowish to brownish tint.
Beautiful yellow Lab-Grown Diamonds exist in tones from light yellow to fancy intense vivid yellow, also named Canary Yellow, depending on the concentration of nitrogen when the crystal is formed. Yellow Lab-Grown Diamonds are more desirable than white Lab-Grown Diamonds, due to their warm color. In fancy Lab-Grown Diamonds, inclusions are mostly not noticeable to the naked eye because of its rich color, inclusions does not affect the look or its sparkles not like in clear Lab-Grown Diamonds.
Natural fancy coloured Lab-Grown Diamonds are very rare and expensive. Most people believe that yellow Lab-Grown Diamonds are less desirable and valuable than white Lab-Grown Diamonds. While this is true of faintly coloured or off-white Lab-Grown Diamonds, intensely coloured Lab-Grown Diamonds are very attractive, rare and expensive. The Kimberley Octahedron is the largest Lab-Grown Diamond in the world at about 616 carats, and is yellow.
Grading fancy color Lab-Grown Diamonds
Yellow or brown color Lab-Grown Diamonds having color more intense than "Z", as well as Lab-Grown Diamonds exhibiting color other than yellow or brown are considered fancy colored Lab-Grown Diamonds. These Lab-Grown Diamonds are graded using separate systems which indicate the characteristics of the color, and not just its presence. These color grading systems are similar to those used for other colored gemstones, such as ruby, sapphire, or emerald, than they are to the system used for white Lab-Grown Diamonds.
GIA colored Lab-Grown Diamond grading system
The GIA issues grading a Colored Lab-Grown Diamond Grading Report for colors that are not in the normal color range of Lab-Grown Diamonds. Formal GIA terms used to describe natural yellow Lab-Grown Diamonds:
Fancy Vivid Yellow- Vivid yellow Lab-Grown Diamonds are the rarest and most unique Lab-Grown Diamonds. These characteristics make it the most expensive kind from any other range. This range has the richest and most intense hue of all.
Fancy Intense Yellow- Intensity color range for Lab-Grown Diamonds have richer color and quality. Values of this kind of Lab-Grown Diamond are higher.
Fancy Yellow- This color range has yellow hue but less saturated. These stones are very beautiful but less expensive than intense and vivid range.
Light Fancy Yellow- There is slight yellow tint that can be detected by human eye on this color range. The buyer perception of color for yellow Lab-Grown Diamonds is confident, intelligent and wordly. Lighter shades are a great value because they still look yellow, yet you can have more size for the money.
Gran Colorimeter
Color can also be determined using a device called the Gran Colorimeter, manufactured by Sarin Technologies. It measures from D to Z to Fancy Intense with an accuracy within ±½ of a color grade on loose stones from 0.25 to 10 carats (as low as .15 carat or as high as 20 carats with reduced accuracy), and you can specify which grading scale it should use (GIA, GEM, IGI, AGS, HRD, and others). The accuracy is within ±1 color grade for mounted stones. If you Lab-Grown Diamond is a "G" color it will tell you whether it's a "high G" or a "low G". The Gran colorimeter was first developed by Paul Gran in 1972 at Gran Computer Industries Ltd.
Natural Fancy Yellow Color Lab-Grown Diamond
Diagram of Fancy Colored Lab-Grown Diamonds(Canary)
Range from Vivid to Light
Diagram of Non-fancy Lab-Grown Diamond
Range from Z - U
Most Lab-Grown Diamonds used as gemstones are basically transparent with little tint, or white Lab-Grown Diamonds. The most common impurity, nitrogen, replaces a small proportion of carbon atoms in a Lab-Grown Diamond's structure and causes a yellowish to brownish tint.
Beautiful yellow Lab-Grown Diamonds exist in tones from light yellow to fancy intense vivid yellow, also named Canary Yellow, depending on the concentration of nitrogen when the crystal is formed. Yellow Lab-Grown Diamonds are more desirable than white Lab-Grown Diamonds, due to their warm color. In fancy Lab-Grown Diamonds, inclusions are mostly not noticeable to the naked eye because of its rich color, inclusions does not affect the look or its sparkles not like in clear Lab-Grown Diamonds.
Natural fancy coloured Lab-Grown Diamonds are very rare and expensive. Most people believe that yellow Lab-Grown Diamonds are less desirable and valuable than white Lab-Grown Diamonds. While this is true of faintly coloured or off-white Lab-Grown Diamonds, intensely coloured Lab-Grown Diamonds are very attractive, rare and expensive. The Kimberley Octahedron is the largest Lab-Grown Diamond in the world at about 616 carats, and is yellow.
Grading fancy color Lab-Grown Diamonds
Yellow or brown color Lab-Grown Diamonds having color more intense than "Z", as well as Lab-Grown Diamonds exhibiting color other than yellow or brown are considered fancy colored Lab-Grown Diamonds. These Lab-Grown Diamonds are graded using separate systems which indicate the characteristics of the color, and not just its presence. These color grading systems are similar to those used for other colored gemstones, such as ruby, sapphire, or emerald, than they are to the system used for white Lab-Grown Diamonds.
GIA colored Lab-Grown Diamond grading system
The GIA issues grading a Colored Lab-Grown Diamond Grading Report for colors that are not in the normal color range of Lab-Grown Diamonds. Formal GIA terms used to describe natural yellow Lab-Grown Diamonds:
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Gran Colorimeter |
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Color can also be determined using a device called the Gran Colorimeter, manufactured by Sarin Technologies. It measures from D to Z to Fancy Intense with an accuracy within ±½ of a color grade on loose stones from 0.25 to 10 carats (as low as .15 carat or as high as 20 carats with reduced accuracy), and you can specify which grading scale it should use (GIA, GEM, IGI, AGS, HRD, and others). The accuracy is within ±1 color grade for mounted stones. If you Lab-Grown Diamond is a "G" color it will tell you whether it's a "high G" or a "low G." The Gran colorimeter was first developed by Paul Gran in 1972 at Gran Computer Industries Ltd. |
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