Why do we say "experts look at the species, laymen look at the color"

When it comes to the jade market, there is often a saying: "Experts look at the quality, while laymen look at the color." So why is there such a unique difference?

1. The difference between species and color

1. Color

Jade comes in rich colors, including green, red, purple, yellow, black, white, and colorless. Taking the most popular green as an example, jade emphasizes that green should be “rich, correct, pure, and bright.” Thick means that the green is full and deep; correct means that the green is pure and not biased towards any particular color; pure means that it does not contain any impurities such as red, yellow, gray or blue, and has no cotton or very little cotton; yang means that the green is bright and vivid.

2. Kind

The so-called glass type, ice type, bean type, fine glutinous type, glutinous type, etc., are expressed by people using concrete things in daily life to express the delicacy of jade in the process of playing, learning, and understanding jade. The classification of water types is more of a summary of businessmen's long-term experience, so it is more like "jargon".

Second, focus

Although it is said that "experts look at the quality, while laymen look at the color", many times jade should be viewed comprehensively. For consumers and merchants, the first focus is different.

1. Consumers

The first thing consumers think of when they see jade is its color. They will also be concerned about whether the color is beautiful or not, and only then will they try to understand its quality, value, etc.

2. Merchant

Although I am also fascinated by the color, I would rather look at it in combination with the water quality. For them, only when the water quality is good, the texture is fine and the color is bright will it have more value.

3. Experience

For consumers who do not have a deep understanding of jade, it is relatively easy to distinguish colors. As for the quality of jadeite, it requires a lot of experience accumulation, and only people who have been in contact with it for a long time will pay special attention to it.

4. Value

Someone said: "Colored stones are everywhere, but only jadeite has the right kind." The value of jade is determined by its quality, color, and workmanship, but most of the time we mainly use quality and color as the judgment criteria. Therefore, when judging the value of jadeite, quality of jadeite is generally considered first, and color is second.

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