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Mix it Up: Get Your Summer Rocks On With These Multi-Coloured Jewels
Summer is the season to embrace your colourful side. At Katerina Perez we adore diamonds, but when the sun is shining, coloured gemstones make us feel happy and energised. Whether you wear your jewels to brighten up a summer’s dress or prefer a more bohemian beach vibe, the multitude of gems showcased in this vibrant gallery of jewels really come alive in the sunshine.
Look beyond the cardinal gems – rubies, sapphires and emeralds – and a whole rainbow of colours is revealed, from the palest pastel tones to gems that smoulder with intensity. Chaumet’s gorgeous Lux ring, from the new Perspectives high jewellery collection, bursts with the kind of colours that epitomise the holidays: angel-skin coral, aquamarines, orange topazes and turquoise. Other gemstones that go hand in hand with the season are fresh green peridots, sunshine-bright citrines and the whole spectrum of sapphires and tourmalines, which look even more summery when set together in clusters.
Chopard Stylish Suite choker with amethysts, emeralds, topaz, tsavorites, coloured sapphires and tourmalines
With its vibrant tropical-blue hue, turquoise has long been regarded as the summer stone, yet other hardstones are particularly well suited to the hottest of days. Flecked with gold, lapis lazuli is a stunning stone reminiscent of the clearest of skies on a summer’s night, while the colours that swim within opals are ignited by sunlight. I promise you will fall in love with opals all over again when you see how brightly they glow with the sun’s rays beaming down on them.
Bea Bongiasca Vine enamel rings with coloured stones
The trend for wearing graduated gems in a mix of colourful hues has become a classic summer look. Go bold with Pomellato’s spectacular necklace from the new high jewellery collection La Gioia or mirror the colours of the sunset in Ana Khouri’s multi-coloured sapphire Maia ring. For a more subtle flow of colour from one stone to the next, there is Noor Fares’ exquisite Vishuddha pendant. By graduating pink, blue and lavender sapphires, she has created the prettiest confection of colours, which frame two wonderfully summery stones: a carved lapis lazuli and a rainbow moonstone.
Pomellato La Gioia Gourmette Caméléon necklace with graduated sapphires, emeralds, tourmalines, spinels, tsavorites, garnets, rubies, tanzanites, aquamarines, topazes and diamonds
We hope you feel inspired to explore the wonderful world of colour that brings much joy to the world of jewellery, and to us at Katerina Perez. And remember, when summer is over and the tan has faded, don’t retire your jewels until next year because coloured gemstones are the perfect antidote to the cold winter months. Slip these jewels on at any time of the year and you will be wrapped in warmth as you are transported back to the hazy days of summer.
Suzanne Kalan
Suzanne Kalan
Rainbow Fireworks charm choker in 18 carat gold, set with baguette-cut sapphires and diamonds
Bvlgari
Bvlgari
Barocko Diva’s Dream earrings in 18 carat rose gold, set with rubellite, amethyst, peridot and diamonds, with malachite and green chalcedony accents
State Property
State Property
Reprise Major sapphire drop earrings in 18 carat rose gold
Pomellato
Pomellato
La Gioia Nudo Plastron necklace featuring a rainbow of Nudo cut coloured gemstones
Boodles
Boodles
Woodland peridot and beryl drop earrings with diamonds in 18 carat yellow gold
Temple St Clair
Temple St Clair
Dreamcatcher necklace in 18 carat gold, set with multi-coloured gemstones including moonstone, iolite, hessonite garnet, rubellite and peridot
Harry Winston
Harry Winston
Winston in Bloom cluster amethyst ring with aquamarine, diamonds, sapphire, peridot and rubellite
Chaumet
Chaumet
Perspectives Lux high jewellery ring, set with angel-skin coral, aquamarines, orange topazes and turquoise in 18 carat white gold
Pragnell
Pragnell
Rainbow Fancy sapphire bracelet
Shay
Shay
Rainbow gem 18 carat gold choker necklace
Ana Khouri
Ana Khouri
Maia multi-coloured sapphire and diamond ring
Bibi van der Velden
Bibi van der Velden
Scarab bracelet in 18 carat yellow gold, set with scarab wings, brown diamonds, pink sapphires, amethyst, yellow sapphires, blue sapphires and tsavorites
Pomellato
Pomellato
La Gioia Gourmette Caméléon necklace with multi-coloured gemstones and diamonds
Silvia Furmanovich
Silvia Furmanovich
Sculptural Botanical Mushroom wood marquetry earrings with diamonds, tsavorite and tourmaline
Nardi
Nardi
Multi-coloured gemstone ring in 18 carat yellow gold
Annoushka
Annoushka
Interchangeable Sapphire Chameleon ring, with four interchangeable central stones of smoky quartz, amethyst, olive quartz and citrine
Theo Fennell
Theo Fennell
Black opal and rainbow gemstone halo ring
Bvlgari
Bvlgari
Barocko Chiaroscuro high jewellery necklace, set with a rectangular rubellite, green tourmaline, amethyst, citrine, greenish yellow quartz, aquamarine, tanzanite and diamonds in 18 carat gold
Marina B
Marina B
Elena kunzite, tanzanite and black onyx ring with diamonds
Selim Mouzannar
Selim Mouzannar
Minar aquamarine, sapphire and rhodolite rings
Noor Fares
Noor Fares
Prana Sahasrara amethyst and enamel pendant in 18 carat grey gold with multi-coloured gemstones
Fabio Salini
Fabio Salini
Carbon fibre necklace with a double row of multi-coloured gems
Pragnell
Pragnell
Rainbow Fancy sapphire necklace
Lydia Courteille
Lydia Courteille
Caravan high jewellery ring with sapphires, tsavorites and diamonds in black rhodium gold
John Hardy
John Hardy
Legends Naga Surya orange zircon ring with zircons, sapphires and diamonds 18 carat rose gold
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Claire Roberts has been writing about jewellery and watches for more than 20 years. She is a seasoned journalist who joined the team 5 years ago as a contributing writer and a newsletter editor.
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