While some diamonds whisper elegance, fancy color diamonds shout it—and their growing market value reflects that. Prices for fancy colored diamonds have surged 205 percent over the past two decades, driven by extreme scarcity, increasing global demand, and renewed interest from collectors and luxury houses, according to a new report released today by the Natural Diamond Council, in partnership with Choron Group and the Fancy Color Research Foundation. These tinted diamonds make up just 0.01 percent of all natural diamonds mined, appearing in shades of pink, blue, yellow, green, and even red. Since 2005, pink diamonds have increased in value by nearly 394 percent, blue diamonds by more than 240 percent, and yellow diamonds by nearly 50 percent, with overall prices rising at a compound annual growth rate of 5.7 percent, according to data from the Fancy Color Research Foundation. “Fancy color diamonds are the ultimate expression of passion, desire, personal style and enduring value,” David..
