GIE Perles de Tahiti - Official website of Tahiti Black Pearls

Color

Tahiti Cultured Pearls offer an extensive array of colors and they all are natural. This is what makes their precious difference.
They generally have a body color enriched by at least one overtone color. There exists a wide range of body colors, the predominant basic colors of a Tahiti Cultured Pearl being: black, grey, blue, green and brown. Overtone colors on dark-colored pearls are pink, blue, gold, silver and a reddish purple. These overtones may be present in a variety of combinations and are considered a plus factor. Specific names are given to those colors:

- "Peacock" : greenish black
- "Cherry" or "Aubergine" : purplish black
- "Champagne": yellowish grey
- "Pistachio" : greenish grey
- "Lavender" : bluish black
- "Tahitian gold" : golden black
- "Pigeon grey" : purplish grey
- "Silver" : grey
- "Moon grey" : pale grey
- "Orient grey" : surface iridescence

Download photo illustrations of these colors.