Colored diamonds are rare, precious, and expensive stones. If you are interested in buying colored diamonds, you will be interested to know that diamonds can actually come in a variety of colors including cognac diamonds, brown diamonds, green diamonds, yellow diamonds, pink diamonds, red diamonds, orange diamonds, and blue diamonds. For every 10,000 diamonds mined in the world, only 1 is a colored diamond.

Red, pink, and blue diamonds are the rarest and most expensive of the colored diamonds. Yellow diamonds are the most common and affordable and are growing in popularity as a colored diamond jewelry item because they are affordable and blend well with gold.

Intensely colored diamonds in red, blue, green, yellow, and orange are rare and expensive. Often the color is enhanced to increase the appeal and price of the diamond. Natural fancy colored diamonds are all expensive and sought after diamonds.