Diamond Colors

Diamonds occur in a wide variety of colors; steel, white, gray, blue, yellow, orange, pink, purples, red, green, brown and black. Essentially all of the colors of a rainbow. Colored diamonds contain inclusions and/or impurities which result in the discoloration of a particular diamond.

Color: The amount of “body color” by which a diamond deviates from the whitest possible color diamond

Diamond Color Grading Scale:

  • D – Colorless
  • E – Colorless
  • F – Colorless
  • G – Nearly Colorless
  • H – Nearly Colorless
  • I – Nearly Colorless
  • J – Nearly Colorless
  • K – Faint Yellow
  • L – Faint Yellow
  • M – Faint Yellow
  • N – Very Light Yellow
  • O – Very Light Yellow
  • P – Very Light Yellow
  • Q – Very Light Yellow
  • R – Very Light Yellow
  • S – Light Yellow to Strong Yellow
  • T – Light Yellow to Strong Yellow
  • U – Light Yellow to Strong Yellow
  • V – Light Yellow to Strong Yellow
  • W – Light Yellow to Strong Yellow
  • X – Light Yellow to Strong Yellow
  • Y – Light Yellow to Strong Yellow
  • Z – Light Yellow to Strong Yellow

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