K diamond in halo

[Ashleigh]

Hi ladies,

I viewed the L and warmer thread, looked thru the halo thread but still can''t come to the conclusion as to whether K center stone will look noticeably darker with E/F or G/H melee. Any help is appreciated. Thanks

 

[Lorelei]

Date: 9/1/2009 7:57:54 AM
Author:Ashleigh
Hi ladies,

I viewed the L and warmer thread, looked thru the halo thread but still can''t come to the conclusion as to whether K center stone will look noticeably darker with E/F or G/H melee. Any help is appreciated. Thanks

I can''t remember if you wanted to show the contrast and warmth of the K, if so then I would expect E/F melee might show the contrast more than G/H - if you wanted to minimize the difference between the K and accent diamonds I would see if you can get I/J melee.

 

[elle_chris]

You will see a difference between a K color stone and colorless melee. Not in all lighting conditions, but in many.

Like Lorelei said, it depends on what you''re going for. If it were me, I wouldn''t try to emphasize the difference, but rather have it blend in an I/J halo.

 

[lvnut]

Date: 9/1/2009 7:57:54 AM
Author:Ashleigh
Hi ladies,


I viewed the L and warmer thread, looked thru the halo thread but still can''t come to the conclusion as to whether K center stone will look noticeably darker with E/F or G/H melee. Any help is appreciated. Thanks

Hi Ashleigh -

Here is my K with med. blue fluorescence set with a halo of G-H melee. I think E-F would have been too much of a difference for me. Ignore the old empty halo setting! I was taking that picture for Phoenix.

 

[Kelli]

WOWZA lvnut, that''s stunning!

 

[Ashleigh]

Hi Lorelei, ElleChris and Luvnut, thanks for the response.

Lorelei, EC, I want to minimise the contrast. Hopefully the jeweler will have I/J melee for me to use in the halo.

Luvnut, your ring is stunning! Do you see a contrast of the center stone to the melee? Lucky you to have med fluo, the stone I'm considering has only faint fluo.

If anyone have more pics to share (k stone with melee, pls share color of melee as well), I'd very much appreciate it.

 

[D&T]

H/I melees if would be suitable as well, if your jeweler doesn''t have a I/J. I have an eternity band that is 5pointers of H/I next to my K color RB and I don''t see any drastic color difference, or any color differences at all, yes, in *some* lighting my large diamond looks darker, but that is only direct sunlight I will notice this

 

[lvnut]

Kelli - Thank you! I do love this ring!

Ashleigh - In most lighting situations I do not see any color difference at all between my center stone and the melee, but like D&T says there are some lighting situations where you will see a difference. Interestingly, that photo was taken in direct sunlight, which happens to be good lighting for my K - maybe because of the med. blue fluorescence? Also the diamonds in my halo are 3 pointers. I wonder if they were larger like D&T''s 5 pointers maybe there would be a more obvious difference. Have you decided on the size of the melee in your halo?

I would say that in about 95% of lighting situations, I do not see any difference and I am extremely picky. There was another thread recently about the odd lighting in jewelry stores that causes some of the lower colored stones to go "dark" but I have also heard that ideal cut stones also go dark in that same lighting.

 

[Ashleigh]

Hi Lvnut, thanks for your reply

I

your halo so much! Such a wowza diamond!

I didn''t realise about deciding on the size of melee. I simply thought everything will come in a package! Oh goodness, this means more decisions to make!

 

[ChunkyCushionLover]

Date: 9/1/2009 9:29:47 AM
Author: Ashleigh
Hi Lorelei, ElleChris and Luvnut, thanks for the response.

Lorelei, EC, I want to minimise the contrast. Hopefully the jeweler will have I/J melee for me to use in the halo.

Luvnut, your ring is stunning! Do you see a contrast of the center stone to the melee? Lucky you to have med fluo, the stone I''m considering has only faint fluo.

If anyone have more pics to share (k stone with melee, pls share color of melee as well), I''d very much appreciate it.

Hi Ashleigh,

If you are planning to have a fancy shape for your centre then you should know there will be a contrast just from the a fancy(cushion) versus the round melee.

We have a GIA H colored Modern Cushion and the G colored melee does show a color difference, the centre has a slight bit more warmth in all low lighting situations and even a slight difference in bright spot lighting, this may have more to do with the light return differences of the two cuts but is definitely noticeable.

You cannot notice these slight differences in any pictures so that really isn''t going to help.

If you don''t want too much contrast I would try to get J/K melee or just J melee if its possible, but I know a lot of jewelers have mostly G/H. Leon Mege uses G/H melee for J colored stones so it certainly is an appealing look and is a lot more a matter of preference.

Hopefully you can take your stone to a jewlery store with G/H melee and compare a side by side to see how you feel about the contrast.

Good-Luck,
CCL

 

[lvnut]

Date: 9/1/2009 11:12:13 AM
Author: Ashleigh
Hi Lvnut, thanks for your reply

I

your halo so much! Such a wowza diamond!


I didn''t realise about deciding on the size of melee. I simply thought everything will come in a package! Oh goodness, this means more decisions to make!

Thanks for the compliments on my ring!

If you''re like me, the decisions will make you crazy. In the photo I posted I had my original halo ring that I had made in 2006. Then in 2007 I saw a ring more like what I have now. We made a few changes to the design along the way - ended up taking about 1 1/2 years to finalize everything! (Well part of that was I didn''t want to make my husband too mad by resetting in July of 2006 and then again in August of 2007!)

The main changes were the size of the melee in the halo. The ring I saw that inspired me had 1 point melee, but it had a 5.5 carat center diamond. My diamond is 4.19 so after originally deciding on 1 pointers we changed to 2 pointers to make the entire ring about the same width as the one I loved. Then I saw a ring my jeweler made for someone else with a 2 carat marquise center with 3 pointers so that''s what I ended up with. We also added diamonds to the side view of the halo. We also had trouble getting the split in the shank wide enough because my fingers are small and I wanted it to taper slightly but still be wide enough at the top.

Custom can be a pain - just be sure to try on as many rings as possible so that you really know what you want!

 

[Ashleigh]

Wow, Lvnut, there was a long process with much effort put in! Think I''ll stick with Bev K, then they can decide evrything for me! Too lazy to think too much!

 

[lvnut]

Date: 9/1/2009 11:32:39 AM
Author: Ashleigh
Wow, Lvnut, there was a long process with much effort put in! Think I''ll stick with Bev K, then they can decide evrything for me! Too lazy to think too much!

I didn''t know you found the setting you wanted - then I don''t think you have to make any choices other than the color of the melee. Lucky you! I actually could have had the setting made that I found with the 5.5 carat diamond, but the markup was UNBELIEVABLE! Since my friend is a bench jeweler I saved a lot of money.

Beverly K has a lot of stunning settings - definitely sounds like the way to go!

Good luck and can''t wait to see it when it''s done!