diamond_quester
Shiny_Rock
- Joined
- Feb 4, 2006
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Problem: Small round diamonds in wedding bands makes my solitaire stone look dark. How to find a better match?
I wanted to get a diamond wedding band (full or semi-eternity with rounds) to go with my solitaire, following in the footsteps of many others on PS. I think this shape would match my Flanders (square) solitaire just fine. However, my solitaire looks so dark next to the bands. Under store lighting, the bands flash white and my solitaire shows more fire and light/dark contrast. I came across the same phenomenon earlier when trying on different center stones in semi-mounts, but the contrast isn''t as bad when all the diamonds are RB''s. Is this a common situation and why does this happen?
What type of diamond band would reduce this problem? Maybe one with more fiery stones? The ones I tried on already were excellent quality (Memoire and the like). Another alternative is to make a band with small Flanders diamonds. I''ve seen 10-pointers and they match my center well in type/extent of brilliance. The drawbacks are the much higher cost, plus a band of 10-pointers could overwhelm my 1ct solitaire (actually 0.99
). 10 points is the smallest size that Flanders come in. Maybe it is demanding too much to expect the diamonds to "match" in this sense?
I wanted to get a diamond wedding band (full or semi-eternity with rounds) to go with my solitaire, following in the footsteps of many others on PS. I think this shape would match my Flanders (square) solitaire just fine. However, my solitaire looks so dark next to the bands. Under store lighting, the bands flash white and my solitaire shows more fire and light/dark contrast. I came across the same phenomenon earlier when trying on different center stones in semi-mounts, but the contrast isn''t as bad when all the diamonds are RB''s. Is this a common situation and why does this happen?
What type of diamond band would reduce this problem? Maybe one with more fiery stones? The ones I tried on already were excellent quality (Memoire and the like). Another alternative is to make a band with small Flanders diamonds. I''ve seen 10-pointers and they match my center well in type/extent of brilliance. The drawbacks are the much higher cost, plus a band of 10-pointers could overwhelm my 1ct solitaire (actually 0.99