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[Glossary](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/glossary) · Color and fluorescence

# Fancy color diamond

Also called fancy colored diamond, colored diamond, fancy color

A fancy color diamond is a colored diamond with enough color for a fancy grade. To GIA, any diamond outside the D-to-Z scale is a colored diamond.

## In more detail

Colored diamonds come in yellow and brown, and also red, pink, blue, green and other colors. On the D-to-Z scale, less color is rarer. Past Z it turns around, and stronger, purer fancy color is more valued.

## On a grading report

GIA grades it on a Colored Diamond Grading Report, by hue plus an intensity word. A fancy-color diamond gets no GIA cut grade, even as a round.

## Related terms

- [Fancy color grade](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/glossary/fancy-color-grade): A fancy color grade names a colored diamond by its hue plus one grade word, such as Fancy Intense Yellow. The word sums up the tone and saturation of the color.
- [Hue, tone and saturation](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/glossary/hue-tone-saturation): Hue, tone and saturation are the three parts of a color. Hue is the color itself, tone is how light or dark it is, and saturation is how strong it is.
- [Color grade](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/glossary/color-grade): The color grade is a letter from D to Z for the yellow or brown tint of a near-colorless diamond. D is colorless and Z is light yellow or brown.
- [Type IIb diamond](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/glossary/type-iib-diamond): A type IIb diamond contains boron, which can make it blue or gray. The boron also lets it conduct electricity.

## Learn more

- [Fancy color diamonds and fluorescence: beyond the Z grade](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/four-cs/fancy-color-diamonds-and-fluorescence)
- [The grades on a diamond report: color, clarity and cut](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/grading-reports/diamond-report-grades)

[All 328 terms](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/glossary)