Before You Buy a Color Diamond

Forget everything you've heard about the way white diamonds are judged, because fancy color diamonds are priced and graded using a different set of guidelines. Color diamonds made by nature exist in many colors, and some of them -- like red -- are extremely rare. Yellow diamonds are more plentiful than red, except when they are vivid yellows -- when it occurs naturally you can label that color scarce and expensive. Pink and green diamonds are other popular diamond colors. Learn the Four Cs of color diamonds if you're ready to wear jewelry that's far from ordinary.

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