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Yellow Gold solitaire - make stone white

Does it have to be 4 prongs? In my opinion if you can see the color most from the side, cover it with prongs. 6 prongs at least.

I cannot vote on the color of the prongs because I do not know what design you are doing. Aesthetically a ring with fluid prongs should be all one color. A soli with an obviously separate prong head that has no other baring on the design at all, in my opinion , should be white(think the Tiffany solitaire). There are examples here of VC making solis in all gold, I think it's rose gold, where the prongs seem out of place when it's a Tiffany style soli. However, interrupting the design specifically to change metals is unattractive and unnecessary.

I recently changed my gia j from a platinum prong head to a yellow gold head and my diamond is IN NO WAY visibly yellower

Hopefully these help. Obviously it's hard to compare lighting situations and what I was wearing that reflects in the diamonds but I've tried to get comparable situations

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I have a J in platinum with G/H side stones, it faces up completely white. I do think that I like the look of yellow gold better at this point though so I would vote all yellow gold!
 
I would always use platinum prongs with modern round brilliant diamonds in the colorless to near colorless range. The idea is to show the diamond and have the prongs almost invisible. I would not want yellow gold prong tips reflecting in my diamond. Don't do white gold prongs. Gold tips of prongs wear away over time and you risk losing the stone when the prongs are weakened. I know this from experience. That Lauren B ring was not nearly as well designed as some posted here. The cross bar makes it harder to clean the pavilion of the ring. I'd also recommend 2 mm for the shank. That's very thin.

Have you seen the custom work of your jeweler? Because I will tell you, I wouldn't have a custom ring made by any local jeweler in the large city near me. PS has proven excellent ringmakers and I would only use one of them.
 
I just got home from the jeweller, and I'm even more confused now then ever before. When I purchased the stone originally, I was comparing it in person to an F coloured stone and I could definitely see some colour in my J. When I went and looked at it again today, I really struggled to see any colour at all. Only looking right at the pavilion in direct sunlight could I see a slight tint, but nothing bad. Either I am not very sensitive to colour, or it is a really light GIA J. It has excellent cut, polish and symmetry, and looks very white and sparkly from the top.

I didn't see it mounted in yellow gold prongs, but I did see it mounted in a white gold solitaire - it looked fine, and only in direct sunlight could I see a slight tint. I held it right against some yellow gold shanks with no setting that the jeweller had around and I found that the stone did look a bit lighter when sitting next to yellow gold - could just be my eyes playing tricks on me.

I really love the look of an all gold ring (personally more so than a two-tone), so I am now back to the starting line and need to make up my mind. Luckily I don't have to decide right this second, and I appreciate all the comments in this thread. Thank you pricescope, what a neat community!
 
If you really love the look of the all gold solitaire and you've been put in charge of the decision then I say go with your gut!!!
 
SimoneDi said:
I *think* that most people will tell you to set the diamond in white gold/platinum head to optimize "whiteness", but I personally really dislike mixed gold settings, if not executed well. I also really prefer the romantic look of an all yellow gold setting, I just think that is looks much more fluid and complete. Ultimately, I really don't think that a J will appear much whiter if set in platinum and I think the color will compliment the yellow gold quite well. I hope that you have left a decent budget for a nice setting and you are not going with the simplest stock setting. Here are some settings that I would choose:

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Who makes the first solitaire you posted? It's beautiful!
 
Going off of this thread a bit, does anyone know if the mix of platinum + yellow gold somehow ruin/wear down either of the metals, since the platinum is so much softer than gold? Is this something important to consider? .... I am also contemplating the yellow gold shank with either platinum or YG prongs. Thank you!
 
I would stick with a ring of uniform color. I have a j stone and have seen my stone in a yg setting. The yellow gold hides the body color of the stone, but it does have a distintive presence in the over all appearance of the ring. Though they way the yellow ia refldcted back, i would just chalk it up to the ring and not body color. I personally went with a wg stone, and I do see body color in the basket when viewing in profile, but it doesnt really deter me.

My co worker has a yg shank and platnium basket, which was made by a local jeweler. I personally dont think her ring was very well excuted and where the mixed metals meet is very sloppy to me.
 
Tina T said:
Going off of this thread a bit, does anyone know if the mix of platinum + yellow gold somehow ruin/wear down either of the metals, since the platinum is so much softer than gold? Is this something important to consider? .... I am also contemplating the yellow gold shank with either platinum or YG prongs. Thank you!
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Nothing to worry about as the platinum and gold components are stationary - they aren’t rubbing against each other.
 
ccmans said:
I just got home from the jeweller, and I'm even more confused now then ever before. When I purchased the stone originally, I was comparing it in person to an F coloured stone and I could definitely see some colour in my J. When I went and looked at it again today, I really struggled to see any colour at all. Only looking right at the pavilion in direct sunlight could I see a slight tint, but nothing bad. Either I am not very sensitive to colour, or it is a really light GIA J. It has excellent cut, polish and symmetry, and looks very white and sparkly from the top.

I didn't see it mounted in yellow gold prongs, but I did see it mounted in a white gold solitaire - it looked fine, and only in direct sunlight could I see a slight tint. I held it right against some yellow gold shanks with no setting that the jeweller had around and I found that the stone did look a bit lighter when sitting next to yellow gold - could just be my eyes playing tricks on me.

I really love the look of an all gold ring (personally more so than a two-tone), so I am now back to the starting line and need to make up my mind. Luckily I don't have to decide right this second, and I appreciate all the comments in this thread. Thank you pricescope, what a neat community!
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Ditto @Niel - tint is going to be most visible from the side. If the objective is to mask body colour as much as possible a 6/8-prong setting with an intricate gallery is your best option. Of course, we understand that if she specifically wants four prongs or an open gallery that’s non-negotiable ::)

From the perspective of YG prongs causing the diamond to reflect and refract more yellow - ask your jeweller about rhodium-plating only the interior of the basket. This is something a few vendors do and IMO it is an excellent solution to that technical problem.

From the perspective of a YG head potentially creating an overall “warmer” look and feel... lots of discussion, no consensus! I think this is one of those questions that can be legitimately answered either way depending on both how the viewer perceives colour and what the viewer wants the answer to be ::)
 
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