

Internationally recognized laboratories have made great efforts to harmonize and create clarity, even if an exact separation is not always possible, the assessment of leading laboratories in North America and Europe is mostly reliable and the same (Learn more about Ruby Vs Pink Sapphire). The dividing line between a ruby and pink sapphire has long been controversial. We explain some terminology and distinguish colors from each other, for a better understanding of the color designation of corundum (sapphire and ruby).

The color spectrum of sapphire includes all rainbow colors with the red variety ruby. This is part of the "myth" of colored gemstones, but still, you should be able to classify the terms. Also, you can find in the market different namings and terms, which attempts to describe the color more exactly, sometimes helpful but also often a little confusing, because colors occur in the course, a range, which cannot always be described exactly. It is worth getting to know the sapphire colors better because the color of a gemstone is a decisive criterion for its value and there is a suitable sapphire color for every taste. In addition, there are also "color-changing" as well as "two-color" sapphires. The special color combination of pink-orange or orange-pink is known as Padparadscha sapphire, the rarest sapphire color, and a special rarity. However, natural sapphires come in almost every color of the rainbow including pink, rose, violet, yellow, orange, green, blue-green, or white (colorless). When one thinks of sapphires, the first thing that comes to mind is an intense blue color. Classic blue sapphires contain iron and titanium, the additional element chromium gives corundum the color pink, and more chromium parts make a sapphire more reddish and thus a ruby. Sapphires get their color from trace elements in the mineral corundum. In addition, the color spectrum can be classified into many other hues as well as color nuances from light to dark.

Sapphires come in all three primary colors: Blue, Yellow, and Red.
