What color diamond for a yellow gold ring

[emmamw]

Hi

I have been reading about yellow gold rings, and how since the ring reflects the yellow color back onto the diamond you can afford to get a lower color diamond... does this still apply with a yellow gold ring with a silver basket?

I am looking at this setting:
http://www.jamesallen.com/engagement-rings/solitaire/gold-solitaire-engagement-rings.html

And I have been reading this article about diamond color:
http://www.lumeradiamonds.com/diamond-education/diamond-color

Thanks in advance!

 

[Gypsy]

Get a platinum or white gold basket and it will be irrelevant.

 

[yssie]

Yeah.. I wouldn't use silver for a basket. For two reasons:

1. Silver is soft. Super easy to bend. A basket design in silver is going to be dangerously flexible, and silver prongs aren't going to secure the stone. If you were considering a more metal-heavy design that'd be different.
2. Silver tarnishes. They used to set diamonds in silver 'cause it's white... but now we have gold and platinum and palladium that are also white.

 

[Lotus99]

I'd assume the JA ring has a platinum head (not silver). Most yellow gold erings have a platinum head or prongs.

I have a YG ering with a platinum head, and I don't feel the diamond looks yellow at all. Of course, that may be my personal opinion.

 

[kenny]

I have been reading about yellow gold rings, and how since the ring reflects the yellow color back onto the diamond you can afford to get a lower color diamond...

I'm not sure I follow that reasoning.
Also, that reasoning assumes people do NOT want to see yellow in their diamond, which is usually but not always true.

The opposite "reasoning" might also occur to a person . . . Since the yellow metal will contribute to the diamond looking yellow you must go higher in color (towards D) to minimize the more-yellowish appearance that results from yellow gold.



This reminds me of "reasoning" I noticed in myself today.
I was deciding if I should order cheesecake for dessert.
I "reasoned", Well I'm so fat already it doesn't matter if I order the cheesecake.
I could have also "reasoned", I'm so fat I should NOT order the cheesecake.

Reasoning is a weird thing, and can quickly get confused with justifying.

 

[Boogins]

Haha, Kenny! Get out of my head!

Mmmm....cheesecake.....

 

[diamondseeker2006]

I vote FOR eating the cheesecake!

And the color of the band of the ring is irrelevant to diamond color in my opinion. I prefer H or higher in modern round brilliants no matter the metal in the ring. However, I think I could go lower in color in antique cut stones.