GIA DIAMOND ESSENTIALS ASSIGNMENT 3 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

GIA DIAMOND ESSENTIALS ASSIGNMENT 3 QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

GIA color scale - CORRECT ANSWER -D to Z; each letter represents a range of color that's based
on a combination of tone (darkness or lightness), and saturation (intensity). The combination is
called depth of color.



Normal color range - CORRECT ANSWER -Range of diamond colors from colorless to light yellow
and light brown, also called the D-to-Z range.



hue - CORRECT ANSWER -your first impression of a color; the basic color of an object



Saturation - CORRECT ANSWER -a color's strength or intensity, ranging from a dull hue to a pure
vivid hue.



Depth of color - CORRECT ANSWER -The combination of tone and saturation that determines
how noticeable a color is



three dimensional color globe - CORRECT ANSWER -tone, hue and saturation



Masterstones - CORRECT ANSWER -A set of color-comparison diamonds that defines GIA
diamond color grades in the normal (D-to-Z) range.



consistent color grading - CORRECT ANSWER -1 the masterstones

2 the environment (neutral color and consistent lighting)

3 the grader

- usually graded table down, color is more noticeable through pavilion; also from other
directions.