About Pearl Color | Tensei Pearl
About pearl color
The most common color for necklaces is white-pink, but many other colors appear, such as pink, white, gray and blue tones.
About pearl pigments
The color of a pearl cannot be known until it is harvested.
Based on the results of the previous year's mother and donor oysters, we choose oysters likely to produce white pearls for cultivation.
Because a pearl is formed from the substances of the Akoya oyster, the color that appears on the inside of the shell is reflected in the pearl's color, giving off a beautiful luster.
Interference color and body color
Interference color is the color of the core at the center of the pearl, and it is either pink or green. In general, the thicker the nacre and the better the luster, the deeper the interference color.
Body color is the color around the core. Natural color pearls have a white body color, and color-toned pearls have a pink one; together these create many different looks.
Depending on the transparency of the nacre, a yellowish tone may also mix in, and cream-colored pearls appear as well.
Color toning and natural color
Most pearls go through a treatment called "color toning". Color toning is a process that removes impurities between the layers of nacre and then restores the color. It makes the body color pink. Because the treatment is applied inside the nacre rather than dyeing the surface, the color does not come off the surface.
Color toning does not create luster, and it is not a process that makes a poor pearl beautiful. Please think of it as a treatment that brings out the natural beauty of the pearl to the fullest.
Natural color pearls, on the other hand, are pearls that have only had impurities removed from the nacre. When the nacre is clear and the pearl is beautiful without color toning, we make it into jewelry as it is. In that case, the body color is white.
About matching (rensō)
Rensō means how well the pearls are matched when strung into a necklace. Every pearl has its own character, so even pearls that look the same color are never exactly alike. We string them while considering luster, nacre, shape and the gradation of sizes.
A well-matched necklace has a sense of unity and looks even more beautiful. A poorly matched one, by contrast, shows uneven sizes, and is more likely to develop uneven color over time.
