fancy deep yellow diamonds

[diamondlover84]

I have been searching the internet for weeks now trying to understand all of the "Fancy colored diamond lingo".... Unfortunately, I'm having some trouble determining if "fancy deep yellow diamonds" are valuable or not. I found an, IMO, beautiful yellow stone that is GIA certified as a "fancy deep greenish yellow diamond". I've read that having a green modifying color can help to increase the overall value of the stone, but does the fact that the diamond is "deep" in essence "hurt" the value?? Please help!!

 

[SB621]

https://www.pricescope.com/wiki/fancy-color-diamonds

This should help you, until Kenny chimes in.

 

[diamonds-are-friends]

let me chime in, prices in fancy colored diamonds are typically set by the market demands.

For diamonds colors in yellow, fancy deeps are usually not preferred over fancy vivid (for example). Typically, the value would be perceived as lesser when making such a comparison.

when it comes to fancy colored stones for jewelry purposes, the most important factor to consider is your own personal preference.

 

[Rockdiamond]

IMO there's no way to make a blanket statement about stones graded "Deep Yellow"
In some cases, the resultant stone is quite close to a vivid, and will be priced accordingly. Not on par with a vivid but could be 15-40% less. Having said that, I've seen "deep" stones that were on par with vivid in terms of price and appearance- but they are quite rare IME
Other times it looks ...well, far from a vivid. In some cases in a negative sense.
Again, it should be priced accordingly. Less than half a vivid- sometimes much less.

Once we introduce the greenish to this mix, it gets even harder to fix- so the above does not neccesarily apply.
In the best of cases, you get an amazing color.
You've seen the diamond and love it. That's quite important.

Well, let me re-phrase that.
Have you seen the diamond in person?

The presence of fluorescence may also play a big role.
Is it fluorescent?
What shape is it?
Clarity?

 

[diamondseeker2006]

let me chime in, prices in fancy colored diamonds are typically set by the market demands.

For diamonds colors in yellow, fancy deeps are usually not preferred over fancy vivid (for example). Typically, the value would be perceived as lesser when making such a comparison.

when it comes to fancy colored stones for jewelry purposes, the most important factor to consider is your own personal preference.

You must either work in the trade now or perhaps you did previously?

 

[kenny]

I have been searching the internet for weeks now trying to understand all of the "Fancy colored diamond lingo".... Unfortunately, I'm having some trouble determining if "fancy deep yellow diamonds" are valuable or not. I found an, IMO, beautiful yellow stone that is GIA certified as a "fancy deep greenish yellow diamond". I've read that having a green modifying color can help to increase the overall value of the stone, but does the fact that the diamond is "deep" in essence "hurt" the value?? Please help!!

All other things being equal (which they almost never are with FCDs) value peaks at Vivid and drops for Deep.

If you are shopping for an FCD it is useful to understand the basics of GIA's way of grading them ... not that GIA's system is perfect or that everyone agrees with it.
It's just the elephant in the FCD living room.

GIA grades color saturation and tone separately to place FCDs into one of 9 boxes.
Saturation is how strong the color is, but tone is how light or dark the stone is.
It's easy to mistake extra darkness, tone, for extra color (or vice versa) and it takes some practice to wrap your head around this.

Imagine a doughnut where hue varies around the circle, red to orange to yellow to green to blue to violet and back to red.
GIA's color scale is a slice out of that doughnut.
The further from the center of the doughnut slice the more color saturation there is.
The lower on the doughnut slice the more darkness there is.

 

[diamondlover84]

I'm sorry, I am new to this forum...I attempted to respond to this, but I guess it did not post.

Anyway, @RockDiamond:
I have not actually seen said diamond in person, only in an enlarged photo. That being said, if we were to purchase it, there is a 30day refund policy.
But IMO from the photo, the diamond doesn't seem to have the limeade look to it that I have seen before with other greenish yellows. This one looks more like yellow gold and I think it's lovely. But I'm no expert. LOL.

But to answer your other questions, the stone is a 3ct cushion, VS1 with no fluorescence.

The stone would be for an engagement ring so I understand the needing the "love factor" there, but I really do want to buy something that can potentially be an investment piece down the road. I don't intend on ever selling it, but having easily liquidated assets in today's economy couldn't hurt.

I mainly love the idea of FCD being rare and certainly unique from the everyday colorless diamonds out there. I want this to be a timeless piece that I can pass down to my kids and grandchildren someday. It also doesn't hurt that I love most yellow diamonds.