Pure Pearls Glossary
Exotic Pearl Colours
Pearls outside the white and cream range — pink, peach, lavender, grey, golden, blue, green and multi-shaded strands.
Freshwater mussels naturally produce soft pinks, peaches, lavenders and creams. These are body colours, present from growth, and they vary gently along a strand.
Stronger colours such as deep blue, green, chocolate and jet black are almost always the result of dye or irradiation.
Multi-shaded strands, where each pearl differs slightly from its neighbour, are graded on how deliberately the gradation runs rather than on how closely matched the pearls are.
When you are buying
Coloured pearls are the easiest way to make pearl jewellery look modern instead of inherited. A lavender or peach strand reads far younger than plain white at the same price.
Exotic pearl colours
70 pieces in the collection right now, from ₹3,300.
Dazzling 18 Inches Deep Brown 6.5mm Oval Pearl Necklace
Delicate White Flat Baroque Pearl 21Inches Long Necklace
Exquisite 6.5mm Midnight Blue Pearls Double Knotted 20 Inch Necklace
17 Inch Long Pearl Necklace in Fresh Green Baroque Pearls
3 Strand Pearl Necklace in 5mm Dark Copper Colour
Beautiful Bright Golden Colour Coin Pearl Necklace Set
Elegant Mustard Yellow Biwa Pearl 15 Inch Long Necklace
Elegant 6mm Semi-Round Peach Pearls 16Inch Necklace With AD Spacers
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Body Colour
A pearl's dominant underlying colour, before any overtone is considered.
Overtone
A translucent secondary colour lying over a pearl's main body colour — most often rose, silver or green.
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.
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