Bien que la plupart des gens croient que les diamants sont clairs ou incolores, la majorité des diamants sont jaunes, brun, et noir. La plupart de ces diamants sont utilisés à des fins industrielles, (forets, lames de scie, etc.) La plus rare de toutes les couleurs de diamant est le blanc (ou incolore). It is very common to find slightly brown or yellow diamonds in today’s jewellery. The whiter the diamond is, the more valuable the stone is.
Diamonds are graded for color face down, against a white background. The diamond is then assigned a letter grade. Most diamonds used for jewellery purposes fall into the Near Colorless Category – G to J. The Gemological Institute of America (G.I.A.) grades color alphabetically from D (totally colorless) c'est (jaune). For a diamond to be considered “colorless,” the G.I.A. requires that it be a D, E, or F.
Perhaps the most important factor to consider when selecting color is the type of setting you plan on using. If you plan on mounting the stone on a platinum or white gold setting, consider a diamond in the D-G range. Yellow gold will be much more forgiving to a less than colorless stone, but regardless of the setting, the diamond will start to appear yellow if the color grade is lower than about J.