no matter what the body color of a stone is, the cut will have an impact on percieved color in some way. well cut rounds are good at masking body color by making them appear lighter/whiter face up than they really are. when you get into fancy colored diamonds, you don't want lighter/whiter color, you want more saturated/intense color. this is the reason you don't see a lot of fancy yellows cut as rounds. in just the same way that rounds mask color, there are other cuts that bring out color. one of the best at concentrating color is..you guessed it..the radiant! you could have two stones with the same face down (d-z stones are graded face down) body color, one of them being a radiant and the other a princess. when you look at them face up, the princess will look 'lighter' than the radiant. since fancy color stones are graded face up, the 'darker' looking radiant will get to be a fancy yellow and the princess will have to stay a 'z' at the end of the scale.
why should i change my taste?????????????????????????/
OK, fair enough; you could pay for a vivid radiant and have it recut to a step cut worth 1/2 as much
What a disgusting thing to say.
how about this: i dont like the super vivid (too gecky yellow). I like a nice medium clear lemon. wait a minute I am confused: if the lack of sparkle helps us perceive the color more deeply then why are they all radiants and princess--shouldnt those cuts GENERATE more sparkle???????????//
Garry-per the two photos --I like the more sparkly and less yellow one...................i mean what about all those gigantous yellow asschers and whatnot that Graff has in their windows??????////////
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