I had posted before that my husband and I were in the process of upgrading my diamond solitaire. The ring was initially purchased at Tiffany and was a G VS2.
After looking at many of their more elaborate settings (Embrace, etc.), I decided to stick with the traditional solitaire and increase the size of the stone. We ended up purchasing a 1.9 carat I color VS1 solitaire. In the store, it looked magnificent.
I was talking to a friend today who mentioned she'd never go less than "G" in color, for fear of having a noticeably yellow cast to the diamond.
At the store, I specifically asked to compare the diamond we purchased to a G and even an F, and could not see any difference. My concern is maybe this is just me and my husband who are color insensitive? I don't really want to be walking around with a diamond everyone else thinks is yellow.
In looking on the net, it is mentioned that if the stone is well cut, this shouldn't be that much of an issue. Am I being silly about this? I know that absolutely the same quality diamonds can be found outside of Tiffany for a much, much lower price, but was assuming that any diamond sold from them would at least be of very good quality (i.e.- no discernable yellow, unless it was one of their beautiful truly yellow diamonds).
I probably can still make a change at this point; please let me know your thoughts.
After looking at many of their more elaborate settings (Embrace, etc.), I decided to stick with the traditional solitaire and increase the size of the stone. We ended up purchasing a 1.9 carat I color VS1 solitaire. In the store, it looked magnificent.
I was talking to a friend today who mentioned she'd never go less than "G" in color, for fear of having a noticeably yellow cast to the diamond.
At the store, I specifically asked to compare the diamond we purchased to a G and even an F, and could not see any difference. My concern is maybe this is just me and my husband who are color insensitive? I don't really want to be walking around with a diamond everyone else thinks is yellow.
In looking on the net, it is mentioned that if the stone is well cut, this shouldn't be that much of an issue. Am I being silly about this? I know that absolutely the same quality diamonds can be found outside of Tiffany for a much, much lower price, but was assuming that any diamond sold from them would at least be of very good quality (i.e.- no discernable yellow, unless it was one of their beautiful truly yellow diamonds).
I probably can still make a change at this point; please let me know your thoughts.
Now I suppose there is a possibility that some people are gossiping behind my back about the color of my stone, but I doubt it. First, no one I know cares about diamonds OR knows enough about them to tell a G from a J, and second, other people do not care about YOUR jewelery as much as you think they will.
Yellow yuck!" Well, I got it anyways, and she was blown away when she say it and said she liked it even better than my previous stone, and I think this was genuine. Much of the attitudes people hold about color are in their heads. The reality is very different.
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