Near Colorless

Near Colorless

Near colorless diamonds comprise the letters G, H, I & J, which are diamonds that, face up in the mounting are still "colorless" or white diamonds. If I were to put a "G" or an "H" color next to an "E" or an "F" the average laymen will not know the difference. To really see any kind of a difference is to place em against that flat white background. The three most common colors that diamond decreases to are either yellow, brown or gray with yellow probably being the most popular. Brown or light brown stones are showing up more and more and are being advertised as "champagne" diamonds. Don't get fooled they're even cheaper. Here's G, H, I & J.

G.jpg (40198 bytes) Notice the ever so faint tint of yellow? This is only visible against the flat white background and even then it really is very "faint". You will see saturation of this tint start to increase as we go further on down the scale.

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You should be able to at least see the difference here between the G and the J. J is the last letter that constitutes the near colorless range click the next button and on with the faint tints.