Diamond Color
When most people think of diamonds, they do not think of colors. Diamonds are typically thought to be clear. However, there is a wide-array of diamond colors known to exist. And many of them make wonderful jewellry.
Yellow Diamonds: Range from amber, straw, and wine, to banana, golden, and ochre, then to the most intense yellows: canary, sunflower and daffodil. Daffodil is pure yellow.
Famous Yellow Diamond Jewellry - The Florentine, 140 carats, owned by the Medici family and then by Emperor Francis I, who wore it in his crown. Paris Hilton was given a yellow engagement ring.
Blue Diamonds: Considered very rare, the blue diamond comes in many shades, from pale, ice blue, to deep, rich blues.
Famous Blue Diamonds - The Hope Diamond, 45.52 carats, is possibly the famous blue diamond. Passed through the hands of many owners, including Marie Antoinette. “Le Coeur de la Mer” or “The Heart of the Ocean” is another famous blue diamond, which was featured in the hit blockbuster movie “Titanic”.
Brown Diamonds: While the word “brown” does not immediately suggest beauty, brown diamonds come in beautiful shades such as champagne, honey, caramel, and cognac.
Famous Brown Diamonds - Royal factor, a deep champagne colored diamond, is the world’s largest cut natural diamond, at 545 carats. It was given to the King of Thailand to celebrate his Golden Jubilee, which is a 50th anniversary celebration.
Pink Diamonds: Extremely popular, pink diamonds come in pure pink, orange-pink, purplish-pink, and the most popular, reddish-pink.
Famous Pink Diamond Jewellry - Historically, Babur, the first Morgul Emperor, was presented with a light pink diamond by the Rajah of Agra in 1526 for saving his life. More recently, Jennifer Lopez’s 6.5 carat pink diamond engagement ring was cut in the shape of a heart.
Rare Diamond Colors: Other, even more rare diamond colors are green, orange, purple, olive, red, black, grey, and white. Colorless diamonds are often called white diamonds by mistake, but true white diamonds are milky in color.