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fine white | white | comm white | top silver | silver cape | fine cape | cape | light yellow | ||||||||||
| D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | T | Y | Z | |
| Colorless | near colorless | faint yellow | very light yellow | lt. yellow | ||||||||||||||
| Color grading in diamonds is actually referring to the lack of color. The less color the better. The best color is "D" and worst is "Z". Anything farther than "Z" is considered a fancy color, and the price starts going back up. | ||||||||||||||||||