How to identify the color of jadeite? This is what affects value!

Color can be said to be the most important factor in measuring the value of jade . Red, green, emerald and purple jade are the most valuable, which is a consensus among industry insiders and enthusiasts. However, the relationship between jade's color and value is not that simple. Only by truly learning to look at color can you better judge the value of jade.

Green: saturated, rich, pure

Green is the most valuable color in jade , but even green must be delicate and transparent to have spirituality and beauty. Otherwise, even if it is full green, the value will not be very high, such as Huaqing, Tielongsheng, etc.

▲Dry green iron dragon jadeite

There are many kinds of green color of jade, such as green onion green, seedling green, spinach green, etc. Different green colors have high and low values. The key lies in whether the color tone is pure.

If there is a gray tone, the green will look "dirty"; if there is a black tone, the color will become darker, making the green jadeite biased and "evil" in color; and if there is a white tone, the green will be diluted and the color will become lighter, thus reducing its value .

In addition, there are cases where the color is yellowish or bluish, which is commonly known as boxwood green, emerald green, etc. Although it is not the purest green, it is also acceptable and generally does not affect the value.

Purple: Delicate and rich

Purple is also called "violet" or "spring". Jadeite that has both green and purple colors is called "Spring Color".

Strictly speaking, the output of purple jade is not particularly small. It is more than red jade. Its blocks are larger, and most of them are lotus root powder. Usually, the crystal grains are coarser and the transparency is lower. However, high-quality purple jade is relatively scarce.

At present, purple jade is greatly polarized. The price of purple jade with fine quality and rich color is rising rapidly, which is in sharp contrast to the general purple jade with light, dark color and rough texture, and the gap is getting bigger and bigger.

Originally, a good violet bracelet cost only tens of thousands of yuan, but now the price has risen to 400,000 to 500,000 yuan. A full-color violet bracelet, due to its lighter color, only costs 10,000 to 20,000 yuan.

Red: Keep it natural, don’t burn it

The red color in jade is more valuable than the yellow color, and its output is far less than the yellow color. From a sensory perspective, red is richer and more beautiful than yellow, but not all reds have high value.

Only those red jadeite with good quality and transparency are rare and have good appreciation potential.

However, the value of red jadeite lies in its rarity and naturalness , but if this red color is burned, then it has no appreciation potential and collection value.

▲The red jadeite treated by "burning red" has a dull color

The surface of the “burned red” red jadeite often forms a uniform layer of red, which is not beautiful and lacks vitality . Merchants often do not admit that it is “burned red”, but experts can easily tell the difference.

Yellow: Transparent and rich

The value of yellow is not among the highest in jadeite. Only yellow jadeite with transparent quality, fine texture and rich color will have a relatively high value.

However, the value of yellow jadeite with dull color and poor water content is very average. Sometimes the yellow color will become a colored defect on the jadeite, which will have a negative impact on the value of the jadeite.

Black: Black jade is the best

The many impressions of black jade mostly refer to black jadeite. It appears black under natural light, but is actually green under light. In the eyes of black jade lovers, black jade has a deep color and has the meaning of warding off evil and avoiding danger .

Black Jade

Although black jadeite is not currently the mainstream variety in the market, its market value has gradually been discovered as more and more people accept it , and it has great room for appreciation.

▲ Black-chicken jadeite

Except for black jadeite, black is not popular in jade. Jadeite with real black color, such as black chicken jade, is not of high value and is often even regarded as a flaw.

White: Pure white and clean

In the old jade system, the value of white jade was not high, but in recent years, with the appreciation of glass jade, the value of colorless and transparent glass jade has also gained new recognition.

For white glass, the standard for measuring color value is that the purer and whiter it is, the higher the value. The yellowish or bluish tones that we often see are not as valuable as pure white glass.

If the white glass contains bright green color, also known as "floating green flowers", then its value is higher than that of pure white glass. However, in general, the color of good glass-type jade with sunny green is usually not too dark.

Blue: old and fine, good water head

Blue water used to be a branch of oil green, but later as more and more people liked it, it was gradually separated out as an independent concept. Therefore, Oil Green is often confused with Blue Water.

Blue water jadeite has a uniform, light blue color. But blue water does not simply refer to the color. It also requires that the soil is old, delicate, the water head is good and the transparency is high , and then it is matched with the color to be called such a name.

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