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Color
Color is the natural color visible in a diamond and does not change over time. Colorless diamonds allow more light to pass through than a colored diamond, releasing more sparkle and fire.
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Near-colorless. Slightly detected color—a good value.
Near-colorless. Slightly detected color—a good value.
Near-colorless. Color noticeable when compared to diamonds of better grades, but offers excellent value.
Near-colorless. Color noticeable when compared to diamonds of better grades, but offers excellent value.
Colorless. Slight color detected by an expert gemologist, but still considered a “colorless” grade—a
high-quality diamond.
Colorless. Only miniscule traces of color can be detected by an expert gemologist—a rare, high quality
diamond.
Absolutely colorless or icy white. The highest color grade—extremely rare and most expensive.