Colored Diamond Price Calculator
Estimate the value of fancy colored diamonds based on color, intensity, carat weight, and clarity.
Fancy Color Diamond Value Estimator
Get an estimated value for a fancy colored diamond.
Color Price Comparison
Compare prices across different diamond colors at the same size.
Color Intensity Price Impact
See how intensity grades affect price for a specific color.
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Prices increase exponentially with rarer colors and higher intensity grades
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Understanding Fancy Colored Diamond Prices
Fancy colored diamonds are among the rarest and most valuable gemstones in the world. While colorless diamonds are graded on a D-Z scale from colorless to light yellow, fancy colored diamonds exist beyond the Z range and are graded by GIA using a separate system based on hue, tone, and saturation with intensity grades from Faint to Fancy Vivid.
Color intensity is the single most important price factor. A Fancy Vivid Pink diamond can be worth 10-20x more than a Fancy Light Pink of the same size. The rarest colors -- red, blue, and green -- command the highest premiums. Yellow and brown diamonds are the most common fancy colors and therefore the most affordable entry point into colored diamonds.
The 2020 closure of Australia's Argyle mine -- which produced over 90% of the world's pink diamonds -- has created significant upward price pressure on pink diamonds. Collectors and investors have driven prices for certified Argyle pink diamonds up 20-50% since the closure, and this trend is expected to continue as existing supply is absorbed into private collections.