Taking pictures of diamonds to be displayed on a computer screen can be difficult, often resulting in the diamonds looking dark when in reality they are not. If you are looking at any of our pictures and feel that the diamonds look dark, please refer to the description of the item that states the accurate color and clarity of the stones. Also, diamond grading is done under 10X magnification. When you supersize our photos you will see the item in 100X magnification. Please be aware that you may see things that cannot be seen with your eyes or a 10X loupe. Additionally, the metals can be very reflective. Any dark spots that you see in the metal are just reflections of the black camera.