Pure Pearls Glossary
Body Colour
A pearl's dominant underlying colour, before any overtone is considered.
Body colour comes from the donor mantle tissue and the species of mollusc. Freshwater mussels naturally give white, cream, peach, pink and lavender.
It is judged with the pearl on a neutral white surface in indirect daylight. Any coloured background or artificial light shifts the reading.
Strong, saturated body colours in freshwater pearls are usually the result of dye.
When you are buying
Decide on body colour before grade. A grade improvement you cannot see is worth less than a colour that actually suits the wearer.
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A few from the collection, from ₹400.
Pearl finger ring in black pearl for women
Rich and Traditional Pearl Studs Just like the ones made in Gold
Cute Pearl Studs in leaf like Zircon Stones
The Moonrise Ring
Lustrous Gold Finish Pendant Accentuated With 7mm Oval White Pearl
Twirled Knot Pendant Accentuated With 7mm Oval White Pearl & CZ
Pretty Flower Earrings Featuring White Mother Of Pearl Petals & Peach Pearls
Stunning Linear AD Studs With White Oval Pearl Drops
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Overtone
A translucent secondary colour lying over a pearl's main body colour — most often rose, silver or green.
Exotic Pearl Colours
Pearls outside the white and cream range — pink, peach, lavender, grey, golden, blue, green and multi-shaded strands.
Dyed Pearl
A real pearl whose colour has been added after harvest. Standard practice, and entirely fine when it is disclosed.
Multi Shaded
A piece deliberately strung from pearls of different colours, arranged as a gradient or a scatter.
Not sure what you are being sold?
Paste any pearl description — another shop’s listing, a message from a jeweller, an old certificate — and we will break it down term by term.