The Guide to Yellow Diamonds used in Jewellery

Although yellow diamonds are less used in jewelry than pink diamonds or blue diamonds, they are nevertheless much more present in nature than the latter.

The yellow diamond is in fact the most common of all colored diamonds. It owes its color to the presence of nitrogen atoms in its crystalline structure.

Deep yellow diamond also called daffodil diamond or canary diamond in reference to the bright yellow of the bird-like flower.

If we refer to the color scale of white diamonds, the diamonds at the end of the scale are yellow diamonds. Yellow diamonds of the least intense color are white diamonds of UVW…Z color.

The color scale of the yellow diamond ranges from light yellow to deep yellow, as can be seen in the following image.

Naturally, the shade of the diamond varies depending on the intensity of the color and the presence of impurities which can make the color tend towards orange-brown or green depending on the case, as shown in this photo which summarizes the variations in shade of the yellow diamond.

Table presenting the color shades of yellow diamonds (image source)

Treated yellow diamonds

If the yellow diamond is relatively common in nature, the price of yellow diamonds with intense color is obviously high. This is why some techniques have been developed to artificially color unresearched natural U…Z diamonds to give them a deep yellow hue.

The price of the yellow diamond

It is difficult to provide a general price per carat of yellow diamond as there are so many variables between clarity, color intensity and market demand.

In general, the yellow diamond being the most common of the colored diamonds, it remains very affordable compared to pink or blue diamonds, beautiful 1 carat yellow diamonds are available for 4 or 5000 euros.

Given the growing demand for yellow diamonds, due to fashion, prices tend to rise regularly, so much so that the yellow diamond is an interesting investment stone.

The following sheet gives you an order of magnitude of natural yellow diamonds.

Famous yellow diamonds

The Tiffany Yellow is an exceptional yellow diamond discovered in 1878 in South Africa and cut in a cushion shape, reaching a weight of 128 carats. Read to find out more.

THE’Incomparable it is a 407-carat intense brownish yellow diamond, discovered by chance in 1984 in the DRC by a young girl. Find out more.

The Fiorentino is a historic 137-carat pale yellow diamond as it is said to be one of the first diamonds cut in Europe. It has since disappeared since 1922 and currently only replicas based on engravings exist.

THE SunDrop it is a 110 carat Fancy Vivid Yellow diamond cut in a pear shape. It was discovered in South Africa in 2010. Read to know more.

Exceptional yellow diamonds, like pink and blue diamonds, break records at every new auction.

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