Colored Lab Diamond Engagement Rings for Women
An engagement ring doesn't have to be white to be a diamond. Our colored lab diamond engagement rings set a pink, yellow, blue or green lab-grown diamond at the center, in round, oval, pear, cushion, emerald, marquise and radiant shapes. It's a choice more couples are making every year: the same hardness and sparkle as a classic diamond, with a color that makes the ring unmistakably personal.
Why Couples Are Choosing Color
For most of the last century, an engagement diamond meant a white one. That's changing. More couples now want a ring that looks like no one else's, and a colored center is the most direct way to get it. A pink oval or a blue emerald cut is recognizably an engagement ring, with all the tradition that carries, yet it has a twist that makes it feel designed rather than chosen off a shelf.
Price is a big part of the shift. Naturally colored diamonds in strong shades are among the rarest stones in the world, and a natural pink or blue of engagement size can cost far beyond a typical budget. Lab-grown colored diamonds bring the same look within reach, so color no longer has to be reserved for collectors. The savings can go toward a larger center, a fuller halo or a finer gold, which means a colored ring often ends up bigger and more elaborate than a white one at the same budget.
High-profile engagements have helped too. Colored centers have appeared in a number of widely photographed proposals over the past two decades, one of the most famous being the pink diamond explored in our guide to Jennifer Lopez's engagement rings. Each time, more people realize that an engagement ring can carry color. Color also opens up design. A pink center surrounded by white diamonds, a yellow cushion in rose gold or a green marquise in a sleek bezel each give a familiar ring style a fresh twist, without straying so far from tradition that it stops looking like an engagement ring. That balance of familiar and personal is why so many couples now start with color rather than adding it later. Our colored diamond engagement ring buying guide looks at the trend in more depth.
How Colored Diamonds Are Described
White diamonds are graded on a D-to-Z scale, where less color is better. Colored diamonds are described the other way around: the color is the point, and its strength is the measure. Grading labs use terms such as Fancy Light, Fancy, Fancy Intense and Fancy Vivid, rising as the shade becomes deeper and more saturated. A lighter shade looks soft and delicate; a deeper one looks bold. Neither is better. It's a matter of which you love.
Every colored center in this collection is a lab-grown diamond grown by the CVD method, and each listing describes its color and details. Lab-grown diamonds of 1 carat and above come with an IGI report.
Color Meets Shape
The shape of the stone changes how its color reads, so it's worth choosing the two together.
Pink is at its softest in an oval or a pear, whose curves and length spread the shade gently across the stone. In a round, pink sparkles more brightly and looks a little lighter.
Yellow glows in a cushion or a radiant, both deep, faceted shapes that hold color well and give yellow a rich, sunny warmth.
Blue looks cool and crisp in an emerald cut, where the long step facets show the shade as clear, even bands, almost like tinted glass.
Green is striking in a marquise, where the long body shows the color from tip to tip and the points gather a slightly deeper tone.
Every color is offered in most of these shapes, so these are starting points rather than rules. If you're torn between two colors, think about the metal too: pink and yellow are warmed by rose and yellow gold, while blue and green look their clearest in white gold or silver. Viewing a stone in daylight and indoor light is the surest way to see how its shade will look day to day.
Settings by Color
The setting also shapes the color. A solitaire shows the shade on its own, exactly as it is. A halo of white diamonds frames a colored center and makes its color look deeper by contrast, a popular choice for lighter pinks and yellows. A bezel wraps the stone in gold that reflects its own tone into it: yellow gold warms a yellow or pink, while white gold keeps a blue or green cool. A hidden halo keeps the color clean from above with a flash of white from the side. Explore each style in our halo engagement rings and bezel-set engagement rings.
Sizes, Reports and Metals
Colored centers are listed up to 3 carats, with larger stones available on request. Any ring over $800 includes a GSI jewelry certificate. Designs are made in 925 sterling silver and in 10K, 14K or 18K yellow, white or rose gold. White and colored stones can be compared side by side in our lab-grown diamond engagement rings.
Color Made to Your Design
If the color or shape you're imagining isn't listed, we can make it. That includes a colored princess or heart-shaped center, a shade beyond pink, yellow, blue and green, a lighter or deeper version of a listed color, or a larger stone. We can also design a wedding band with small colored stones to match. Share your idea with our custom design team. Shipping on US orders is free, and we ship worldwide.
