Dreamer_D
Super_Ideal_Rock
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Another super white facing M, so beautiful! I can barely see any warmth at all! Really hoping my L is the same...
OMG that looks so white how is that an M!!?? Amazing!! You are giving me hope about the L being white enough!
What lighting should I test my stone in? I've noticed it looks very white in outdoor and low light. Want to make sure I see it at its warmest and see it in the what may be more common lighting.
That stone was a bit of a unicorn-it was quite spready (shallow) and had slight fluoro. But an L can be plenty white. It definitely varies stone to stone. The L you are looking at seems to face up very similarly to the J!
My experience is that Ls look mostly white unless you compare it side to side with a colorless or near colourless diamond. But in its own it doesn’t scream “yellow”.
The rings I posted are white gold and platinum. The only thing I would suggest is NOT to set the stone is a yellow gold basket/prongs unless you want to emphasize color.
Oh! I was under the impression that having a white gold or platinum setting would emphasize the yellow in the stone. Do I have it backwards? Setting it in yellow gold makes the stone look more yellow?
@MMtwo @maryjane04 Thank you! I will look into unplated white gold a bit more. I wish I had different colored metal bands on-hand to see how it looks with the stone!
Would the vendor/jeweller sourcing your diamonds have some handy? Or whoever is setting your diamond can compare with different metals and tell you.
Yes I will definitely ask. When I mentioned unplated white gold, the jeweler didn't seem to encourage that as an option for some reason...
@Dreamer_D That is interesting, then that would mean rhodium plated white gold would be the better option for me.
Honestly, wait until you see the diamond. You have concerns about tint. When you see the diamond you either will live it and its color and not care then you can choose any metal you like. Or you won’t like the tint and then no metal color will help that.
Platinum is the more luxurious metal and doesn’t need plating.
Yes I will definitely ask. When I mentioned unplated white gold, the jeweler didn't seem to encourage that as an option for some reason...
Platinum is the more luxurious metal and doesn’t need plating.
Not sure if you are wed to having the jeweler selling you the stone also make the setting, but DK has unplated white gold. Also his normal white gold doesn't need replating, so that wouldn't be an issue.
Oh wow! Who is DK (sorry, I am new and clueless!) and where can I see some examples of his unplated white gold and normal white gold?