Yellow Diamonds

After blue, yellow is probably the most popular fancy diamond colour. Probably the most famous natural yellow diamond in the world is the Tiffany Diamond. Natural yellow diamonds, especially intense hues, are very rare and expensive.

What Is A Yellow Diamond?

Yellow diamonds are usually produced as a result of tiny traces of nitrogen in the stone. The exact shade and intensity of a yellow diamond can vary considerably from washy light yellow to a deep intense hue. The more intense colours are rarer in nature and also more popular, resulting in a considerable premium on the price. Deeply saturated natural canary yellows are particularly sought after by those with deep pockets.

Famous Yellows

Famous yellow diamonds include the Kimberley Octahedron and Tiffany Diamond. The Tiffany stone was seen in the 1961 film Breakfast at Tiffany's where it was mounted in a necklace of white diamonds. This is a popular display style for high quality yellow diamonds; placing them side by side with plain white diamonds of high grade colour and clarity is a good way to show off the yellow of the fancy gem.

Modern celebrities associated with yellow diamonds include Hillary Clinton, Whoopi Goldberg and Christy Turlington.

The price of natural vivid yellow diamonds puts them beyond the reach of most of us. However there are various processes for artificially creating a synthetic yellow colour in white diamonds or enhancing any colour already there. It's also possible to buy man made, lab created fancy colour diamonds at a fraction of the price of the natural variety.