How the natural pink diamonds are priced

𝐅𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐬, , 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝, 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚, 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐚, 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚, 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐚, 𝐓𝐚𝐧𝐳𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐥.

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐝, 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫: 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐞 𝐢𝐬 - 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐝.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐝, 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐇𝐮𝐞, 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

𝐇𝐮𝐞 - 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐝’𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫.

𝐓𝐨𝐧𝐞 - 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐞’𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥.

𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 - 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐞’𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐝. 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 r𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐫.

Secondary hues in pink diamonds

In addition to the primary pink hue, most natural pink diamonds have a secondary hue (and sometimes even two of them), which apart from being an excellent fashionable choice offered by mother nature, also affect the pink diamond’s price. The most popular color combinations found in pink diamonds include the colors purple, brown, and orange.

The secondary hue’s impact on the price of a pink diamond correlates with the level of the color’s rarity, and if pricing wasn’t complicated enough, the additional hues produce hundreds of other variations and prices that don’t follow a linear scale.

Despite the complexity of pricing fancy colored diamonds, with or without secondary hues, there is one rule of thumb you should keep in mind: the more common and less rare the secondary hue, the lower the price of the diamond; whereas a rare secondary hue will raise its price.

For example, a fancy pink diamond with a secondary brown hue will be cheaper than a fancy pink diamond with a rarer secondary purple hue, even though both have the same weight and clarity level.