I am purchasing an ideal cut, eyeclean SI1, no-fluorescence 2.5 carat diamond, but I am stuck on the color. I am going to present the diamond in a gold ring, but since it is a surprise, my girl may want to change it to platinum.
I have heard that large stones show color more. I have also heard that an ideal cut will "hide" some of the color.
In my budget of $17,000 to $19,000 I basically have a choice (I'm buying on the net from BlueNile or DirtCheap) between a 2.50 H-color and a 2.33 G-color.
My impression is that color gets worse rapidly from g to j. But, I am unsure whether H-color will look "a bit yellow" or not in this size of stone. What do you experts think?
Many thanks!
I have heard that large stones show color more. I have also heard that an ideal cut will "hide" some of the color.
In my budget of $17,000 to $19,000 I basically have a choice (I'm buying on the net from BlueNile or DirtCheap) between a 2.50 H-color and a 2.33 G-color.
My impression is that color gets worse rapidly from g to j. But, I am unsure whether H-color will look "a bit yellow" or not in this size of stone. What do you experts think?
Many thanks!