Matching Jewelry to Clothes
Everything looks good with blue, especially if you are one of the majority of folks who considers blue as your favorite color. If you are ready to begin designing your own jewelry, you might want to begin with aquamarine since the blue of this stone is not only soothing, but offers limitless design possibilities when considering how it can be combined with other stones.
The most common accent stones in any design, aquamarine or otherwise, are diamonds. Or if you want something less expensive, but still in keeping with the clear or white accents, you might consider white sapphire, white topaz or white zircon. But why stop there? These days colored gemstones in every color and variety are widely available, so many commercial designers are increasing playing with color combinations beyond the traditional.
It all depends upon your budget, of course. For some of the least expensive stones you might consider are members of the quartz family, such as amethyst and citrine, which, because of their clarity are commonly faceted. When combined with aquamarine, the rich purple hues of amethyst can add depth of color to your piece. For a more pastel combination, the citrine and aquamarine combination can evoke sunny spring mornings in May. Or you might get really funky and pair up your aquamarine with an opaque member of the quartz family, such as chalcedony, whose milk color often gives off a bluish glow.
Since aquamarine is a member of the beryl family, you might want to keep it all in the family. For those who still say that blue and green don’t go together, how about proving them wrong by combining aquamarine and emerald? Other beryl choices include the golden glow of heliodor or the pink blush of morganite.
But quartz and beryl are just the beginning of your choices. There are hundreds of different stone species just waiting for you to discover and use them in your own winning combinations. So when you think blue, think limitless possibilities of color combinations and choices of stones.
