Can You Make a Diamond Brighter?

Color. Although color does not fundamentally affect how a diamond reflects light as much as cut does, it can still make a stone look brighter or darker. This effect depends very much on what tints a stone has and how intense they are.

Can you whiten a diamond?

Simply by changing the color of the setting, you can enhance the color of light that is reflected back through the diamond. For example, a gold setting is responsible for giving mounted gemstones a yellow hue, whilst platinum and white gold settings can enhance a colorless diamond's appearance by making it look whiter.

Can you shine a light through a diamond?

One of the unique optical properties of diamonds is their ability to break light rays on their way to penetrate the diamond. Light rays do not pass through the diamond, but are instead broken and reflected back in different angles.