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Once reserved for the rarest of natural diamonds, vivid hues like pink and yellow are now beautifully within reach thanks to the innovation of colored lab-grown diamonds. These stones offer the same sparkle and sophistication as mined diamonds, but with the added freedom to explore color at a more accessible price range.
What Are Colored Lab-Grown Diamonds?
Lab-grown diamonds are real diamonds created using advanced technology that replicates the natural growth process deep within the earth. When it comes to adding color, experts can adjust the environment the diamond is grown in to produce stunning (and often expensive) shades found in nature.
How Do Colored Lab-Grown Diamonds Get Their Color?
In nature, traces of elements and growth environment can create these super rare tones, but in the lab, experts can carefully guide this process with intention, thus controlling the color outcome. Here are some popular colors and the ways they are recreated in the lab.
- Yellow diamonds owe their golden glow to tiny amounts of nitrogen. More on that here
- Blue diamonds are formed with traces of boron, giving them a cool, oceanic depth.
- Pink and red diamonds develop from changes in the diamond’s internal structure using immense pressure, which scatter light in unique ways.
- Green diamonds are produced through radiation displacing the carbon atoms during growth.
- Purple and violet diamonds develop when hydrogen is introduced during the growth process.
Why Choose a Colored Lab-Grown Diamond?
Colored diamonds are a rarity and a beautiful expression of personal style. Going lab-grown saves thousands in the process, especially when it comes to rarer hues like red and blue. Did you know there are only about 20-30 natural red diamonds that we know of? With these leaps in lab-grown technology, we are able to replicate the rare beauty of colored diamonds for engagement rings, pendants, earrings and much much more.
What Shades are Offered in Color Lab Diamonds?
Whether pastel tones speak to you, or you’re a lover of vivid, saturated hues, colored lab–grown diamonds offers the kind of flexibility and freedom to design a piece that feels truly personal. The sky is the limit when it comes to lab colored diamonds! Shades of colored lab diamonds are yellow, orange, blue, green, pink, red, purple and violet. Additionally you can find saturation levels from faint pastel color all the way to deep, fancy dark shades.
What are the Most Popular Colored Lab Diamond Shades?
Two of the most beloved colors in fine jewelry are pink and yellow. Here are Lauren B we find our clients reach for those two colors more than the rest. Pink diamonds evoke romance, love and warmth – perfect for those who want a little something different when it comes to their forever piece. Yellow diamonds are absolutely timeless, classic and elegant. We see clients reaching for yellow hues to complete antique-inspired designs, and also in modern beauties with colorless diamond accents that really make that yellow diamond pop!
8.34 carat Fancy Pink Emerald Cut Lab Diamond Three-Stone Ring
5.22 carat Fancy Yellow Radiant Lab Diamond Three-Stone Ring
Find Your Perfect Hue
At Lauren B, we carefully select lab-grown colored diamonds for our engagement ring designs, and keep loose stones in stock for our brilliant client’s creations! Looking for something specific? We’ll guide you through every step of the way and source you the color that speaks to you.
Every diamond, whether colorless or vivid, natural or lab, tells a story (your story!) and is a unique expression of your personal style. Leaps in technology allowed us to bring the beauty and rarity of colored diamonds to a more accessible range. Beauty without compromise! Start shopping colored lab diamond rings here.
Schedule An Appointment
Schedule an appointment with one of our design consultants to come see our selection of colored lab diamond rings or, you can take a look online!