I've been lurking around here for the past month or so, now I'm delurking to ask a question that is plaguing me!
I'm hoping to get engaged soon (it's only been eight years after all), and since I'm the picky one who loves jewellry, I thought it best that I start doing some research.
I'm potentially very interested in an 1-1.5 emerald cut solitaire, with the basics: good cut (low table and depth) and ratio, VVS2 at the lowest, blah blah. I won't compromise on cut or clarity, especially with an EC!
But where I'm running into trouble is with the color.
Yellow is actually my favorite color, and I'd *prefer* a warmer color for my diamond. But it seems that it's hard to find a stone online (or at least figure out the pricing on one) that's lower than J but less than an official fancy. Just how yellow would a J EC stone seem?
Certainly I'd be happier to get a larger and warmer stone than a smaller colorless one (both cuts being equally excellent, of course).
And how much would the setting affect this? For example, would a platinum setting make the stone look yellower?
I realize that my question is on the opposite end of the scale of most questions--I *want* my diamond to look yellow! But at the same time, I want it to look YELLOW, not just like a crappy diamond.
Make sense?
Many thanks for any advice!
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I'm hoping to get engaged soon (it's only been eight years after all), and since I'm the picky one who loves jewellry, I thought it best that I start doing some research.
I'm potentially very interested in an 1-1.5 emerald cut solitaire, with the basics: good cut (low table and depth) and ratio, VVS2 at the lowest, blah blah. I won't compromise on cut or clarity, especially with an EC!
But where I'm running into trouble is with the color.
Yellow is actually my favorite color, and I'd *prefer* a warmer color for my diamond. But it seems that it's hard to find a stone online (or at least figure out the pricing on one) that's lower than J but less than an official fancy. Just how yellow would a J EC stone seem?
Certainly I'd be happier to get a larger and warmer stone than a smaller colorless one (both cuts being equally excellent, of course).
And how much would the setting affect this? For example, would a platinum setting make the stone look yellower?
I realize that my question is on the opposite end of the scale of most questions--I *want* my diamond to look yellow! But at the same time, I want it to look YELLOW, not just like a crappy diamond.
Many thanks for any advice!
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