Very light pink diamond

[Anita38]

Hello. I was looking at the pink diamonds sold by Leibish and came across some very light pink, according to the GIA grading. Won't these diamonds just look white to the naked eye? The one in the photo certainly looked white to me.

 

[tyty333]

Yes, probably will just look white in most lighting. May see some tint in certain lighting. Surround it with a white halo and you may
be able to see more tint in it. Rose-colored metal cup may bring out more tint? Just a few ideas.

 

[oncrutchesrightnow]

You can email them and ask. They are responsive, and they might be able to find you something you like better.

Different customers want different things and most of us are going to have to sacrifice something for budget - maybe someone is looking for a 1+ carat pink diamond and wants to collect something that is certified as natural pink color and this is what they can afford. Whereas someone else might sacrifice size for color.

 

[kenny]

Hello. I was looking at the pink diamonds sold by Leibish and came across some very light pink, according to the GIA grading. Won't these diamonds just look white to the naked eye? The one in the photo certainly looked white to me. ...

You asked, "Won't these diamonds just look white to the naked eye?"

Unfortunately the answer is both yes, and no.

I doubt the majority who don't know anything about FCDs will notice the pink because there just isn't much pink there.
But the pink really is there, but it's just a tad of pink.
In the FCD world all it takes is just a tad of one of the most valuable hues to drive the price up, way up.

Someone well informed about FCDs will likely detect even that low amount of pink ... but with this caveat:
The noticeability, of a diamond's body color (ALL diamonds, both FCDs and D-Z "white" diamonds) is greatly affected by the environment the diamond is viewed in, and by the brightness, color, and spectrum of the light present.

Also, while the body color of a white diamond (graded G) may look colorless when it is viewed alone, when viewed when placed next to a D the tint in the G will become more noticeable to many people, especially in the side view.
So if you simply must have a D you're going to pay through the nose for it.
Similarly, if you want a pink diamond with strong pink color you need lots of money.

If your priority for a given price is a strong pink color, then you must go down in carat weight.

 

[kenny]

Above is the color grading chart on GIA's FCD grading reports.

To use it we must understand the unique way GIA uses two comon terms, tone and saturation.
- Tone is how light or dark the FCD would appear in a black and white photo.
- Saturation is the strength of the hue, the color of the FCD.

Note: before you really understand the way GIA uses these two terms it's easy to get confused when trying to figure out why some FCDs got grade X and others got grade Y.

GIA has 9 grades from Faint to Fancy Deep.
The price is highest at Fancy Vivid and gradually goes down as you move both above and below Vivid.

Notice the graphic resembles a slice of a doughnut.
The hue (color) varies as you go around the doughnut,
Hue gradually changes in the same order that hue varies in a natural rainbow.
Red gradually changes into orange, which changes into yellow, which changes into green, ... etc.

In the below graphic the exact hues are not precise.
Bit the illustration shows the idea of how the hue varies around the circle that the above GIA graphic is a small slice of.

 

[Daisy_Margaret]

This might not be useful to you because mine is not graded but the color is definitely easier to see when paired with other diamonds — so a halo could be helpful.