Outside of the standard blue sapphires, Brilliant Earth also offers a full range of yellow and orange to pink and peach all the way to purple and green sapphires with a variety of modifying colors.īlue is the most common sapphire color. Brilliant Earth’s standard blue sapphires for example range from greenish-blue to violet-blue. When describing a sapphire, the modifying color is listed first, while the primary color is listed second.

With this combination of hues, it is possible to have sapphires that are greenish-blue, violet-blue, or violet-pink.

And two, any other colors that may be present. In the case of sapphires, the hue is usually referring to two things. Hue refers to the actual color of the sapphire. During our inspections, we pay particular attention to three attributes: hue, tone, and saturation. While the most common sapphire color is a vivid blue, the corundum that sapphires are made of can be nearly every color in the rainbow thanks to exposure to other minerals.Īt Brilliant Earth, we examine each of our sapphires to verify that they have an even color with minimal color spotting or zoning.

The sapphire is known for its transparent, even color.

Golden sapphire ring