Colour is a diamond - help!!!

[catibati]

My friend is in love with a round H (GIA cert) colour diamond. All the other factors, clarity, cut and carat (aprox 1.5) are of a high standard. I have seen it and it looks quite white to me. She is just worried that H colour diamonds are a bad colour and a bad quality diamond, is this true, or just a myth?

 

[MichelleCarmen]

Date: 12/10/2009 12:14:45 PM
Author:catibati
My friend is in love with a round H (GIA cert) colour diamond. All the other factors, clarity, cut and carat (aprox 1.5) are of a high standard. I have seen it and it looks quite white to me. She is just worried that H colour diamonds are a bad colour and a bad quality diamond, is this true, or just a myth?

Myth.

 

[D&T]

a MYTH! she''s probably used to seeing n(MAUL) and associating poor cut diamond with Lower color grade ie: I J K.... so forth!

 

[hihowareyou]

In my opinion a colour grade doesn't indicate 'bad colour' or 'bad quality' no matter if it is D through to Z. Colour comes down to personal taste so what I think is the best colour will probably differ from other people. In the mainstream colourless or near-colourless are most popular and a H falls into that spectrum.

You will come across some people prefer a true colourless diamond (D) which due to rarity commands a much higher price but there are also people who prefer diamonds that show a bit of colour when you look at them, e.g. L coloured diamonds. If you are one of those people then your preference will also save you a lot of money.

H diamonds are a great colour and will look very white. It is near colourless while also providing value for money. If your friend wanted a D then a H might not be good enough for her but for the typical diamond buyer it will be fine.

Have a look at the ring forum and you will see many examples of lower coloured diamonds (much lower than a H) that look absolutely amazing. After looking at those try telling someone that a lower colour = lower quality.

 

[catibati]

She is just worried that if anyone finds out it is a H, then they will think she has a yellow stone (although it looks white???). People think that they must get the best D- F colour. At the end of the day, people need to be smart consumers, and as long as it is a true H colour (GIA seem to be strict), then financially one of the best decisions one can make is to buy a H colour (if u want a bigger stone and save $$$), as brilliance is associated with the cut, so if u have a good cut and clarity then, your stone will look great.

 

[HVVS]

Some cultures apparently have a decided preference for D-E-F or it's just not good enough. If you listen to "Rhino" in the videos for his store, Good Old Gold, he explains that colorless D-E-F are just more rare than the "lower" grades. So it's an issue of rarity, which I guess some regard as a purity issue. Nitrogen causes yellow in diamonds. For general engineering assumptions, we presume air to be only 17% oxygen and the rest is nitrogen. I don't worry about a little N in my diamonds. If you put the H next to a D or E, you will probably see the difference about like 96 bright white paper next to 82 brightness copier paper. Both are whites.

https://www.pricescope.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000296.html

 

[Hudson_Hawk]

H stones are a lovely shade of white and most people aren''t rude enough to ask what the details are on a stone. No one will find out what the color grade is if she doesn''t tell them.

 

[jewelerman]

She need not worry about an H color!Nothing bad about a H color diamond!

 

[Rachel9]

Myth, true H is beautiful!

 

[catibati]

Ok cool, so there is nothing to worry about then?????????

 

[Kaleigh]

Date: 12/10/2009 5:48:44 PM
Author: catibati
Ok cool, so there is nothing to worry about then?????????

Nothing to worry about...

But with anything, cut is key.

 

[canada_ham]

this might be a good video to show your friend: http://www.vimeo.com/3288695 it shows diamonds ranging from D to O in color

personally, i wouldn''t turn down to an H colored diamond