Color shift sapphire help, please

[shelovesinclusions]

Hi everyone! I'm new to posting on the forums, but have been reading them for a while. I've been interested in finding a sapphire to have a piece of jewelry made for myself, and spent months looking (online). I decided on a very pale purplish one ("light lilac") because I didn't want anything too bright or deeply colored- so I was looking for something pastel.

Well, the stone came in today and there are a couple concerns I have, and would so much appreciate feedback. Firstly, I think that I'm seeing a window (it's a step cut), but I don't mind too much because I like the clearness in the center, and that I can see the cut at some angles. Does it appear to be a tilt window or a true window? And, once it's set (in a ring probably), would that possibly overpower the sparkling from the outside of it? Or does it get better with setting?

Secondly, is the color- it is this very pale lilac color indoors (which I can't capture), but in some lights it looks pinker inside. Outside, it varies from goldish to bluish to white depending on how direct the sunlight is. In the shade it looks like a deep brownish wine color. It's just all over the board & I really like that. However, when I set it, would it tend to favor one color over another? Is this shift relative to what the sapphire is near? Is it all a trick of light on my eyes?

Attached are pictures to illustrate the colors I'm seeing. They're pretty true to how it's looked as I've played with it- except the pink is paler and cooler.

Thank you for any assistance and answers you can provide!

 

[chrono]

What are the dimensions of the oval sapphire? None of your pictures have the camera looking straight down the table, so I cannot tell whether it has a true window. In the one picture where it is almost straight on, there is a lot of "stuff" on the table with glare which makes it impossible to tell since I cannot look into the stone. Looking at the rest of the pictures, I would guess that the overall cut is decent but the stone probably a bit shallow. Either that or the last few tier angles aren't ideal. The tilt window is large and is unlikely to look smaller once set based on the hand shots. In those pictures, your hand essentially acts as the cup/basket of the setting. If you can see you skin underneath, then once set, you will see the metal basket underneath as well. Metal colour of the setting can influence what colour the sapphire tends to show more often.

 

[shelovesinclusions]

Thank you so much for your feedback. The stone is about 9mmx7mm. I continued messing around with it and the tilt window seems like it would probably get to me over time, probably more so because the color is so close to white. When I looked at it head on, over some print, there didn't really seem to be too much of a window, but the tilt window appears as soon as I move it just a little.

I'm going to try again, and might look in to something with more saturation & deeper hue, because the more I look at the pale stone- the more I feel like it's just not quite what I'm wanting from a piece of jewelry. I was excited about the cleanliness and light color at first, but that's quickly changed to "wow, that looks like a big empty piece of glass." I'm really liking antique Georgian & gothic style jewelry, so a deeper colored stone is probably a better choice.

Once again, thank you so much for your response & suggestions- I appreciate the time you took to help me.