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Key Points

Color Diamonds

  • Color: Is a diamond's lack of color, grading the whiteness of a diamond.

  • Grade -D : Refer to the highest possible color.
  • Grade Z:  Refer to the lowest possible color.

In most diamond, you will notice that it has  a pale yellow color for most part. Due to this reason, the grade of a diamond is refer to as the lack of color. If a Diamond has a High Grade, it has the less color.

The color of a diamond after being cut is generally considered  to be the second  most important characteristic when you trying to purchase a diamond.

The reasons is due to the sparkel of the diamond that the human eye tends to detect first then the color.


Busy Bee Jewelry Of Massapequa only have stocks the finest diamonds with color grade of  D-J.

Busy Bee Diamonds carries  J or better are colorless or near-colorless.


Diamond Color Chart
Diamond Color
Z-N Noticeable color. Not carried by Blue Nile.
M-K Noticeable color. Not carried by Blue Nile.
J-I Near-colorless. An exceptional value with slightly detectable warmth or tone.
H-G Near-colorless. Color difficult to detect unless compared side-by-side against diamonds of better grades. An excellent value.
F-E Colorless. Minute traces of color can be detected by an expert gemologist. A rare diamond.
D Absolutely colorless. The highest color grade. Extremely rare.

What Color is Right for Me? Busy Bee Long Island Jewelry Store Located in Massapequa

  • If you are a purist, star looking at colorless diamond with grades of D-F .
Now that you understand how color affects the white look of a diamond, you are ready to learn about clarity.

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