gemandjewelrylover
Shiny_Rock
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- Jun 6, 2012
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Hello, PS experts,
I have been wondering about Ruby color. In my city, they have stoplights that have little red lights that combine to make up the beautiful stop light red color. I wonder about rubies all the time when I'm on the road. In my experience, only a ruby under fluorescence matches the exact color of the stoplights here. But of course, that's a bit unrealistic for a ruby under normal lighting conditions. So I have been wondering, when it comes to rubies, under what conditions would a (good colored, top quality) ruby be "stop light red"? Sunlight? Indirect light? (That sounds nearly impossible to me.) Indoor lighting? And what kind of stoplights? When they are lit up, or not? I read the colored stone sticky and Swissgems Educations pages, but didn't see it. Would a ruby that was a little darker indoors and bright, stop-light-like red in sunlight be considered a stop-light red ruby? Please enlighten me.
Thank you!
I have been wondering about Ruby color. In my city, they have stoplights that have little red lights that combine to make up the beautiful stop light red color. I wonder about rubies all the time when I'm on the road. In my experience, only a ruby under fluorescence matches the exact color of the stoplights here. But of course, that's a bit unrealistic for a ruby under normal lighting conditions. So I have been wondering, when it comes to rubies, under what conditions would a (good colored, top quality) ruby be "stop light red"? Sunlight? Indirect light? (That sounds nearly impossible to me.) Indoor lighting? And what kind of stoplights? When they are lit up, or not? I read the colored stone sticky and Swissgems Educations pages, but didn't see it. Would a ruby that was a little darker indoors and bright, stop-light-like red in sunlight be considered a stop-light red ruby? Please enlighten me.
Thank you!