Jacquiemalta
Rough_Rock
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About 12 years ago, a friend was getting engaged. He was adamant that his intended wanted a yellow diamonds. She said so. She loved yellow. Her whole house was yellow inside. As I'm more of a "trust but verify" personality, I arranged to have her invited to a brunch with mutual friends. I brought along a bunch of colored gemstones including a bunch of yellows (mostly sapphires) and borrowed my mom's fancy intense yellow diamond, along with a few of my diamonds that are mostly antiques, but range in colors. I initiated a "lets play with these". What I learned that she did love the yellow, but they looked terrible on her skin. They totally died. She loved several of my diamonds and that helped me guide my friend.
Not saying this will be what you learn, but its why we encourage you to make sure she not only wants a yellow diamond but likes them on herself. When you move away from white (which is pretty neutral), it takes more work to be sure.
@sledge and @blueMA are good at figuring out ways to get a girl to try on a ring...
I agree. I had a blue diamond ring saved as inspiration for years. I finally tried on a blue diamond and it looked terrible on me, as does white gold/platinum. I need yellow/orange tones or I look like a corpse. Much as I love coloured stones, I probably wouldn't want one as an ER; just not as flexible as a white diamond.