Yellow Diamond Engagement Rings

Yellow color diamonds compose about half the total supply of fancy color diamonds. Most natural white diamonds have a yellow tint to them, which is reflected in the GIA color grading scale. The yellow hue of the yellow diamond is a result of trace amounts of nitrogen that seeps into the diamond’s crystal structure. When white diamonds have a slight yellow tint, they are deemed less valuable than a colorless white diamond. However, a yellow diamond’s value is directly connected to the level of saturation. Once a diamond gets into either the W-Z color range it will have a noticeable yellow color faceup and will look great in an engagement ring design. After the letter "Z" it will be categorized as a fancy light color then goes into deeper hues like fancy, fancy intense and fancy vivid. As you go further down the scale the diamond will have a more vibrant yellow color; the higher the level of saturation, the more valuable and desirable the yellow diamond becomes.