Choosing the right diamond for your ring is always as important as choosing an appropriate metal for your engagement ring. The chosen metal can play a crucial role in defining the style of the ring. Like for example, one of the most preferred looks of the solitaire diamond ring is procured when they are set in gold metal. More shine can be added when the shanks of the diamond are designed along with diamond melee in that ring.
Significance of Diamond Reflection and Color
Diamonds are stones which are highly reflective. The surroundings of the stone are reflected like tiny mirrors through their many facets as in a standard round brilliant cut. Even the color of the prongs that hold the gem and the color of the band is mirrored.
The color of your diamond needs to be considered while selecting a metal for your engagement ring. A diamond is never found colorless, whereas there will be hints of other colors, most commonly the yellow. So prior to choosing a metal for the ring, you are advised to know the position of your diamonds on the GIA color scale that ranges from D to Z.
Therefore, in order to enhance the color of the diamond and create a good blend visual appearance, you may use a perfect colored metal in your special engagement ring.
Diamonds Graded with D to Z
The lesser colored stones have often more value rather than being equal to a diamond of grade scale D to Z. White gold or platinum ring will look alluring when paired up with colorless diamonds that are graded D-E-F. These metals also look good with a near-colorless range of diamonds graded G through J that are colored in a tinge of yellow. Any white metal can look gorgeous with these diamonds.
Further contrast can be created by selecting a two-tone ring or yet another color of the metal. However, you have to ensure that the prongs of the stone should be white metal, so as to avoid the presence of yellow shade to your colorless stone.
Diamonds Graded with M to Z
A yellow tint would be noticed for diamonds graded M or lower ones. These diamonds can be accentuated by yellow metals. Meanwhile, a white band can alter the same diamond to look more colorless. Furthermore, you may go for white metal or yellow gold for diamonds graded with K or L, as they position somewhere in the middle of the color scale.
For Fancy Colored Diamonds
Fancy colored diamonds are those stones, which fall outside the color range of D-to-Z grades. Among these, the colors occurring in nature are green, pink, blue, yellow and brown. It is mainly for the color intensity that these diamonds are evaluated rather than for brilliance or fire. The GIA diamond colored grading system had assigned certain color grades to these diamonds depending on the tone, saturation, and hue of the color.
Blue Diamonds
Blue diamonds are those precious stones that are extremely rare and thus expensive. However, by the second half of the 20th century, the blue diamonds constituted barely 0.1% of the stones found in the South African Premier Mines. For maximum brilliance and to highlight the diamond, they are most commonly placed in a white metal ring setting. The metals can be either white gold or platinum.
Pink Diamonds
Being one of the rarest metals available only in some of the Australian Mines in the whole world, they are one of the most expensive precious stone known to man. Setting this adorable diamonds in a yellow round diamond ring can give a striking and standout visual appeal instantly. An appropriate band can be used to highlight the pink diamond that is an absolute star in every aspect.
Brown Diamonds
Once, this brownstone was not considered suitable for making jewelry. By the 1980s, these diamonds started getting their own space in the arena that was dominated by white diamonds in different catchy titles such as cognac, champagne, and chocolate. If you wish to complement their color, you may opt for the rose gold or yellow gold engagement ring setting. When they are placed in white metals, their colors will be highlighted. Either the stones can be complemented or contrasted by pairing up the prongs of a different or same metal.
Yellow Diamonds
Until the discovery of yellow diamonds in the later parts of 1860s in many of the mines in South Africa, the stones were rarely seen. Currently, they are mined from different mines across the world. The color of the diamond will easily get synchronized with the yellow metal. Moreover, the refreshing hue of the yellow diamond can be highlighted with white metals.
Before concluding, when comparing with all other metal types, the most common metals used in jewelry are platinum, gold and silver due to their durability and workability. However, for some buyers, deciding on an engagement ring is all about their style and color preference. Yet some others go for the special effect the color of metal incurs on the center stone.