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Shiny_Rock
- Joined
- Oct 14, 2005
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So many times I see the request...please show me your F colored stones, or I want to see your I-J colored stones and so on.
I''m always facinated with the pictures posted, but still wonder why there is so much emphasis on color grading and so much emphases on cut grading ( RB stones specifically here ) BUT not much discussion of both in the same topic or maybe I''ve missed the threads where there are?
It seems to me you can''t really talk about one without talking about the other when it comes to the visual preference of color in a round brilliant diamond.
Since color is graded ( on round brilliants ) from the back, isn''t the more important thing ( visually) or at least equally important....the cut of the stone....meaning, how much white light is returned to the eye?
Why so much emphases on the color GRADE and not, at the same time, questions about a particular stone''s CUT GRADE?? Why compare my G colored stone to your G colored stone without talking about the cut grade of each? Or even comparing your F colored stone to my H colored diamond without talking about cut?
I feel like I''m fumbling around trying to ask this question and not doing very well
I wouldn''t have believed it, but my AGS0 grade diamond ( I color grade HOF brand ) looks whiter from the top/front than my GIA graded E colored ideal cut stone ( a Lazare Kaplan ) It''s a headlight compared to the Kaplan, which, by itself is a beautiful stone ( and my favorite, by the way )
Now, the HOF is larger.....so that may affect the perception of color but, goodness, the light coming from that stone is fabulous whereas my LK stone ideal cut has less light return and does not "appear" as white to my eyes.
Has anyone else ever done a comparison like this?
I''m always facinated with the pictures posted, but still wonder why there is so much emphasis on color grading and so much emphases on cut grading ( RB stones specifically here ) BUT not much discussion of both in the same topic or maybe I''ve missed the threads where there are?
It seems to me you can''t really talk about one without talking about the other when it comes to the visual preference of color in a round brilliant diamond.
Since color is graded ( on round brilliants ) from the back, isn''t the more important thing ( visually) or at least equally important....the cut of the stone....meaning, how much white light is returned to the eye?
Why so much emphases on the color GRADE and not, at the same time, questions about a particular stone''s CUT GRADE?? Why compare my G colored stone to your G colored stone without talking about the cut grade of each? Or even comparing your F colored stone to my H colored diamond without talking about cut?
I feel like I''m fumbling around trying to ask this question and not doing very well
I wouldn''t have believed it, but my AGS0 grade diamond ( I color grade HOF brand ) looks whiter from the top/front than my GIA graded E colored ideal cut stone ( a Lazare Kaplan ) It''s a headlight compared to the Kaplan, which, by itself is a beautiful stone ( and my favorite, by the way )
Now, the HOF is larger.....so that may affect the perception of color but, goodness, the light coming from that stone is fabulous whereas my LK stone ideal cut has less light return and does not "appear" as white to my eyes.
Has anyone else ever done a comparison like this?