Help with F color

[Mako]

I have been shopping around for engagement rings for a while now. My qyestion is this. I really wanted to buy a diamond with F color (colorless). My problem is, that most engagement rings with diamonds in the channel don''t have colorless diamonds in them (the ones I am looking at). It states that you may be able to notice the color difference between F and G, H, I if they are side by side. So should I bump my colorless top diamond down to a G so it matches more with the channel diamonds. That would maket hem all in the near colorless range. I should probably only get the F color if I plan on getting a solitare right? I plan on using white gold of course.

Thank you for any input.

-Daniel

 

[hlmr]

Hi Daniel:

Welcome to PS!

Your center stone will be larger than the stones set in the channel so there shouldn't be a problem with having an F colour beside the smaller H stones. I would stick with the F as you can see more colour the larger a stone is. Also, make sure the stone has a great cut as that will be even more important than the colour.

 

[Sundial]

I agree I don''t think you will be able to tell the difference between an F center stone and smaller G or H sidestones when they are set. My three stone ring has an F in the center and G diamonds on the sides and they all look exactly the same. On the other hand you could save some money by dropping the color on that center stone!

 

[Mako]

Thanks. Appreciate it.