Diamonds - The 4 C's - Colour

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Fancy Coloured Diamonds are Very Rare

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What Is "Body" Colour"
Body colour is simply the colour seen when white light travels through the diamond without being dispersed, rather than the multi-coloured flashes caused by dispersion. Body colour is best judged by viewing the stone through the side rather than through the top. It is the colour which the diamond would appear if it were not facetted, and is the stone's true colour. The "fire" actually confuses the eye, and makes it almost impossible to judge the body colour. The term "body colour" is only used to emphasize which aspect of colour is intended, when the word colour is used, it normally is understood to mean body colour.

Standard scales do not yet extend to brownish diamonds, or diamonds of other colours.

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