Are color treated diamonds worth less?

A color enhanced diamond has less value than a natural diamond because it underwent a treatment that isn’t natural. The color enhancement is likely to wear out over time, impacting the beauty and longevity of the diamond. That’s why color enhanced diamonds are less expensive.

What color diamond is rarest?

What Are the Rarest Diamond Colors?

• Red Diamonds. The rarest of all colored diamonds, only 20 to 30 natural red diamonds exist in the entire world.
• Blue Diamonds. Also incredibly rare are blue diamonds, which have only been found naturally in mines in South Africa, India, and Australia.
• Pink Diamonds.
• Yellow Diamonds.

What is prettier than a diamond?

For those of you looking for a natural diamond alternative, White Sapphire is a great pick. This is because White Sapphire is natural, durable, beautiful, and super affordable! Sapphire is a 9/10 on the hardness scale.

Do colored diamonds cost more?

The price per carat base line is in the tens of thousands of dollars and any improvement in attributes such as bigger size or stronger color intensity (intense or vivid) and the pricing goes up exponentially. So yes, these colored diamonds are more expensive than white diamonds.

Which color diamond is rarest?

What color diamonds are more expensive?

Red Diamonds
Red Diamonds are the rarest and thus the most expensive diamond color! They come only in a Fancy intensity and the color modifiers for them are purplish (purplish red diamonds) and brownish.

What is the lowest color diamond you should buy?

The M color grade is typically the lowest color grade offered by online diamond vendors. Although M color diamonds can look warm and beautiful in antique yellow gold settings, their color is quite easy to notice even with the naked eye.

Which Colour of diamond is hardest?

D color diamonds
Since the purest and whitest color diamonds, the D color diamonds, are the hardest to find in nature and since they are the most sought after – as can be expected – D Color Diamonds are (by far) the most expensive diamonds (excluding fancy color diamonds).