Tag Archives: red-pink

It has never been prettier riding the edge of red, oval.#295

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Bruce Fry

This oval has a rather self effacing personality.  She has too high a tone level, with its reddish implications, to be a hot pink and not quite enough size or tone level to be a red.  Still she rides the … Continue reading →

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A dark sultry pink that wants to be red droplet of color.#24

Posted on November 5, 2013 by Bruce Fry

It is dark enough for a pink to sink into red, but it keeps floating above the color level.  It appears to be eye clean and seems to have a slight overtone of purple.  This would help explain why this … Continue reading →

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A pink trouper for the droplets of color.#13

Posted on November 4, 2013 by Bruce Fry

This is a pretty average standard round brilliant.  Its color is a bit redder than average, but not much.  It has the expected inclusions, but the cut is still a bright pleasant medium pink.  It weighs 1.09 carats the places … Continue reading →

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Red/Pink, how little it takes to sway me, great droplet of color. #7

Posted on November 4, 2013 by Bruce Fry

If you have read many of my posts about pink tourmaline, you will see that pink is the most common color, by far, that is suitable for making rounds.  So I am a bit jaded when it comes to many … Continue reading →

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This is a pink that is almost too rich and powerful for a simple shield cut.#177

Posted on October 26, 2013 by Bruce Fry

Their are wonderfully flighty and flirtatious pinks in the world and then there are powerful pinks that let you know who is boss.  This eye clean, rich and powerful shield cut is quite a warrior.  Her sultry, darkly toned recesses … Continue reading →

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Beatutiful shield cut that rides the thin line between pink and red.#167

Posted on October 25, 2013 by Bruce Fry

This is about as good as pink/red in tourmaline gets.  It has a beautiful cut and there is no darkness in the heart of this beauty.  It doesn’t even have an inclusions which can be a problem with such a … Continue reading →

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A richer red pink more mature droplet of color.#610

Posted on October 15, 2013 by Bruce Fry

Now this standard round brilliant is not against playing with the eye candy, hot pinks, it is just that it take itself more seriously.  It has fine flash and appears to have an eye clean body, but its darker toned, … Continue reading →

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There is nothing fishy about this red salmon colored, round#705

Posted on October 6, 2013 by Bruce Fry

This slightly reddish pink seemed to have just the right touch of orange to get my creative juices going and give it a color name (red salmon) that I have not used before.  But as you have probably read before, … Continue reading →

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A Very Bright Rich Pink, that really wants to be a Red, oval.

Posted on October 5, 2013 by Bruce Fry

This pink that wants to be red, is very bright for its rich tone level and knows that it is a great stone.  The ovals cut is the standard one I use most of the time, but this gemstone seems … Continue reading →

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Another red that really is more of a rich pink droplet.

Posted on September 23, 2013 by Bruce Fry

This is the posted round that just misses being a red. This is the winner of the big red one prize. wow This standard round brilliant is marked on the box red, but it really looks more like a rich … Continue reading →

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