How will F-G color side stones look next to an I color center stone diamond?

Hi Danny, my five year anniversary is just around the corner and my bride has been “hinting” that she’d like a diamond eternity ring to go with the diamond solitaire which Lesley helped us pick out back in the day… The center stone is a 1.50 carat, I-color, VS-2 clarity, hearts and arrows round brilliant cut diamond, and I’m wondering how it will look next to the F-G color diamonds used in the three quarter U-prong eternity ring from Brian Gavin. Will it look all right, or do I need to special order the ring with I-color diamonds? – Spencer L.

Brian Gavin U-prong Eternity Diamond Ring:

As noted Spencer, the 3/4 U-Prong Eternity Ring from Brian Gavin, pictured above, features Signature Melee Diamonds from Brian Gavin which are F/G in color and VS-2 in clarity. There are 14 round cut diamonds, which each weigh 0.05 carats, for a combined total weight of about 0.70 carats.

So the outside diameter of a 0.05 carat diamond is about 2.50 millimeters, and the outside diameter of this 1.533 carat, I-color, VS-2 clarity, Brian Gavin Signature round diamond is 7.41 – 7.42 millimeters, which is considerably larger and thus the color will be more noticeable.

Differences in the Saturation of Diamond Color:

For the purpose of this explanation, we’re going to think of the saturation of diamond color in terms of pixels on a computer monitor… let’s say that each 0.05 carat diamond is equivalent to one pixel and that your computer monitor consists of 1000 pixels and that all of the pixels on the computer are I-color.

If we were to replace 14 pixels on your computer screen with pixels which were F/G color, the odds are that you would never notice the difference because the pixels would still be white in tone, however you would notice them pretty quick if they were bright red in color.

The same principle holds true with regards to the difference in color between diamond center stones and the accent diamonds featured in rings such as the U-prong eternity ring from Brian Gavin.

Plus there is the fact that our eyes will naturally gravitate towards the center stone because it is larger than the accent diamonds… thus you are not likely to be able to clearly discern a difference in the color of the diamonds.

What Makes Brian Gavin Signature Melee Special:

First off, the term “melee” refers to diamonds which weigh 0.18 carats and less, it is pronounced mey-lee, and the majority of melee diamonds used in commercially produced jewelry is very poorly cut, which means that they are not very bright or lively.

The melee diamonds which we use in the jewelry which we produce are specifically cut to the highest cut quality possible to ensure our clients of the highest volume of light return and sparkle factor. Thus they rival the visual performance of the diamonds featured in our Brian Gavin Signature and Brian Gavin Blue diamond collections, so you can rest assured that the diamonds will look amazing set next to each other.