Brian Gavin Cape vs Fancy Yellow Diamonds
“So I was just about to pull the trigger and buy a fancy light yellow color diamond from you, when I ran across a post about the new Brian Gavin Cape series diamonds. One look at the video provided for the Cape color diamond and I was hooked. I love the pale yellow shades of summer exhibited by the diamonds in the video. I know that a lot of people prefer diamonds that are either “white” or fancy color diamonds in the deeper and more intense shades, but I happen to prefer the softer, subtler tones. The thing that kept me from pulling the trigger on the fancy light yellow color diamond were the proportions and overall cut grade, but I see that Brian Gavin Cape series diamonds are zero ideal cut and exhibit hearts and arrows. Good job! I love it.”
The Beauty of Brian Gavin Cape Diamonds:
I’m so happy to hear that you love the look of our new Brian Gavin Cape series diamonds! They represent a range of diamond color that is extremely popular, especially with people who like vintage diamonds. But these are brand new diamonds (that are actually billions of years old) which are being produced to the same exacting standards of the Brian Gavin Signature round diamonds that we’re well known for. As you noticed, they exhibit warmer sun-like tones when viewed from a side-profile. The body color is slightly less noticeable from a top-down perspective, because the volume of light return and sparkle factor serves to distract our eyes.
The rising popularity of Brian Gavin Cape series diamonds goes to show that proportions and optical precision are more critical a factor than diamond clarity or color. People tend to get caught up in the paper grade of diamonds when buying online, but rarely get distracted by such things when buying in a traditional retail environment where they are able to see the diamonds.
We’ve really enjoyed seeing the reaction of people we’ve met with here in the office, when we’ve shown them the new Brian Gavin Cape series diamonds! They practically fall off their chair when we tell them the color grade of the diamonds, all they really seem to see at first is the sparkle factor. Then they are able to pick up on the slight warmth exhibited by the diamonds when they relax and really begin to look for it.
Fancy Light Yellow vs Cape Color Diamonds:
The fancy light yellow color diamond that you were originally considering is more of a yellow-light-brown color. If you’re looking for the subtle undertones of yellow traditionally provided by a fancy light yellow color diamond, I think you’ll very much like the look of the new Brian Gavin Cape series diamonds. The color is not as prevalent as it would be with a fancy light yellow color diamond, but the sparkle factor is considerably higher, because the diamonds are cut to the same standards as our other hearts and arrows diamonds.
Fancy color diamonds are traditionally cut with deeper total depth and less desirable proportions than diamonds with color grades within the scale deemed to be colorless to near-colorless to faint yellow and yellow. This is because the focus is on deepening the intensity of color, rather than focusing on light performance.
Diamonds produced for the Brian Gavin Cape series are cut to exhibit maximum light performance. The color grade of the diamond is the color grade of the diamond and nothing more. The warmer, sun-like tones are extremely popular with our clients, but the primary benefit is definitely the incredible volume of light return and sparkle factor.
