o-p q-r s-t light yellow pear

[zjhog]

has any one had any luck with setting q-r s-t light yellow pear diamond against white diamonds ie. ring. where you able to make the stone yellow enogh to look yellow or did it look like an off colored pee pee????? also do any one have pic ore a master grading scale for light yellow diamonds

 

[Hera]

I have two fancy yellow pears (on the lighter side though) and I have paired those with diamonds around H color. I did come to the conclusion that there wasn''t enough of a color difference. It has a lot to do with lighting as in some lights my pears look very yellow and in some, not so much. Also I have darker skin and the color doesn''t show as much on my skin (not enough contrast). If you were to do this, I would get as close as possible to the fancy color and pair it with icy white D or E color stones.

 

[zjhog]

hey thanks
are they yelllows set in 18kt yellow gold

 

[Sharon101]

I once came across a ring like this. It involved a 3 carat oval with obvious colour set in yellow gold prongs and gallery with icy D pears either side (these were set in white gold). I remember thinking that it was neither here nor there as the coloured diamond was not a proper `colour` nor was it white.

 

[Hera]

the whole ring was at one time 18k yellow gold. A month ago I rhodium plated the shank to white. The baskets are still i8k yellow. Here's a pic.

 

[Hera]

looking a little less yellow

 

[Sharon101]

Need to add an appology....my example was for a centre stone of k-l which is just starting to turn into tinted territory but not quite reaching coloured territory. So my example may not be the correct one to compare with. Im sure that the more tinted stones will still be coloured enough to have the effect of yellow.

 

[oldminer]

The pear shapes on the sides of the ring pictured above are far from Q color. S/T or darker it would seem. Most lighter colors tend to have a zone of concentrated color, but, for the most part, have larger zones of just off-white coloration. Such simply off color diamonds don''t make a great contrasting stone used along with a white center.

I can remember a Q color old mine cut cushion I once owned which I sold to a deal who cut it into a GIA certed Fancy Yellow radiant. The stone
remained relatively off white color from a side view, but from the larger central zone of the table it took on a very pleasing yellow created by expert cutting skill.

The near colorless range of diamonds are generally graded for color from the side view with certain modifications for fancy shapes. Once a diamond happens to look like a fancy color from the top view, the side view is not used and only the better perspective is utilized. On first glance it may seem totally self serving to grade colorless one way and fancy another, but this is how the business is conducted. Of course, one can make the case that getting the most money for the product is both logical and ethical. The free market is calling the shots here and I can''t object to what creates value being the reason for grading in this manner.

Deciding when a diamond has sufficient face-up fancy color to grade it only face up is a highly skilled and highly subjective specialty among expert graders. The process is often abused or misused by those who don''t have the background to make such a decision.

Finding fancy colored, matching pear shapes with really nice, even body color would be highly challenging.

 

[elmo]

Date: 10/23/2007 12:27:55 PM
Author: oldminer
Finding fancy colored, matching pear shapes with really nice, even body color would be highly challenging.

I can attest to that

. I asked Gary Dutton to look for me for a great intense or vivid pair at Tucson and JCK the last two years. There were only two opportunities, both in parcels...but I don't need 6 pairs!

 

[Hera]

oh, the pear diamonds above are not the diamonds the original person is talking about. The diamonds in the pictures above are between light fancy and fancy range. Zihog was asking about colors in the non fancy range QRST.

 

[zjhog]

hey thanks for your response.. have you had any sucsess setting these stones , this stone face up nice yellow with a slight( bow tie) pear shape. but if layed in white gold setting the yellow gets washed out to look like l-m-n will setting in 18kt bezel make this stone great than r-s-t thanks again and woulld you have any mast sample of stones these colours,,

 

[zjhog]

hey thanks for your response.. have you had any sucsess setting these stones , this stone face up nice yellow with a slight( bow tie) pear shape. but if layed in white gold setting the yellow gets washed out to look like l-m-n will setting in 18kt bezel make this stone great than r-s-t thanks again and woulld you have any mast sample of stones these colours,,

 

[Hera]

I have heard both ways. I have heard the contrast of a white metal can make the diamond more yellow. In my opinion. I do think an 18k setting for the stone can make a light yellow stone more yellow. I would want a white gold shank though (like my ring). It''s so difficult to get an idea of how a stone''s color looks beause of computer monitors. This may be one thing you may have to see in person. I suppose you shoould have a good return policy. In my case, I received the stones and later had them set.