Fancy Colored Diamonds Facts :

-- Fancy colored diamonds come in a variety of natural colors, including yellow, pink, blue, purple, orange, cognac, champagne and red.

  -- Only one in every 10,000 diamonds possesses natural color.

  -- True red diamonds, the rarest of diamonds, are so scarce, only seven are believed available for sale.

  -- Fancy colored diamonds are produced by trace elements and distortions to the diamond crystal.

  -- Blue diamonds are often created by the introduction of boron into the diamond.

  -- The presence of nitrogen produces diamonds in yellow and orange.

  -- Hydrogen generates unique shades of violet.

  -- Intense pressure, even greater than that for traditional white diamonds, produces diamonds in red, pink, purple and brown.

  -- Green, blue, aqua and teal diamonds result from millennia of exposure to natural radiation.

  -- The most famous diamond is the 45.52 carat, blue Hope Diamond, housed at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum.

  -- Pink diamonds gained national attention when Ben Affleck presented Jennifer Lopez with a 6.1 carat pink diamond ring for their high-profile, but ill-fated, engagement.