Illustrated Guide

to the natural beauty and value of coloured diamonds

Violet (V)-Violetish (v):

Violet (hue) with light through dark (Lit) and weak through strong (Sat.) that may contain a tinge of blue (bluish violet) or gray (grayish violet) the average colour of the violet flower. Violet occurs in the spectrum between ultra violet and blue and is considered a colour on its own. Distinctly different from the adjacent hues (blue and purple) on the colour wheel. “However violet does not occur as a bona fide variety in the natural diamonds”. Our understanding of natural world changes. In the fall of 2000 Mr. Stephen Hofer was able to source and identify for Pastor-Genève the first and to date only true (pure) violet colour -The 13th colour