Color

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Color is one of the most important (if not the most) factors that determine the beauty of gemstones.
While most other aspects in gemology are abstract and well defined, color is not. It is very subjective and the sensation of color differs from person to person as much as the visions of opponents in politics, religion or humor. To some even the absense of color is preferred and the beauty is perceived from optical properties a gem might posses (as the brilliance in diamond).

Color

"a phenomenon of light (as red, brown, pink, or gray) or visual perception that enables one to differentiate otherwise identical objects"
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

As can be read from the above definition of color, color is a perception constant. Merriam-Webster defines perception as "awareness of the elements of environment through physical sensation".