Diamonds are not essentially colorless but are available in wide variety of attractive colors. The colors of diamonds are cause by the impurities present and how the light is refracted through it. However it does not affect the gilt and glitter of diamonds. Some colors are so rare that only a few diamonds of such colors exists. Jeweler fashioned by such fancy color diamonds looks splendid. Famous jewelry brands like Nakshatra diamond jewellery offers a great variety of diamond color choices. Here are the lists of colors diamonds are available in:
Blue Diamonds: Natural blue diamonds are very rare, and there is nothing to feel blue about. They often found in grey, black and green caused due to the presence of trace elements of boron and nitrogen in it.
Green Diamonds: They acquire their color because of ages of exposure to radiation during their formative process. Pure green diamonds are extremely rare.
Pink Diamonds: They acquire their color due to a naturally-occurring realignment of the diamond crystal during its formation. They are sometimes come with secondary colors such as red, orange and purple, making natural pink diamonds very rare.
Orange Diamonds
Natural orange diamonds are extremely rare and acquire their color due to nitrogen present in it. Orange diamonds usually are accompanied by secondary colors like red and yellow, making a pure orange diamond a true collector’s item.
Red Diamonds
Natural red diamonds are the rarest in the world. If you see one, you’re surely one the very rare breed. Red diamonds are rarely seen in their untainted form. They almost always accompanied by secondary colors such as purple and brown.
Yellow Diamonds: Natural yellow diamonds are popular all over the world due to their pleasing hue and “sunny” disposition. Also known as canary diamonds their intensity spans seven steps from faint to deep. Presence of nitrogen gives it its color.
Champagne Diamonds: Natural brown diamonds much common and are affordable. Natural brown diamonds are playfully identified as cognac (for light brown), champagne (for medium brown) and chocolate (for dark brown) diamonds.
Chameleon Diamonds
These stones are the unicorns of diamond family because they defy one of diamonds’ ironclad properties: the immutability of their color. Chameleon diamonds can temporarily change their color, catalyzed by either by either temperature or light. Chameleon diamonds always appear in some sort of color combination (usually green, yellow, brown and/or gray) and are never found in either any pure color. Till now it is beyond the understanding of science how it changes its color, making Chameleons diamonds extremely rare and valuable.
Violet/Purple Diamonds: They are extremely rare in their pure color form, and almost always are found with a secondary hue, usually blue or grey due to the presence of hydrogen.
Grey Diamonds: They lack in traditional sparkle but make up for unusual silver and are uncommonly elegant.
Black Diamonds: Natural black diamonds are very rare and valuable. They have an onyx-like appearance and are often accompanied by blue or violet.
