Swarovski™ Crystals Color Chart

We use only Swarovski™ crystal in our hand-crafted jewelry pieces.

The Swarovski™ crystal bead company uses only high lead content crystal glass, typically a full thirty-two percent of the glass is lead and lead oxide.  The presence of the lead increases the index of refraction (ability to bend light), bringing it closer to that of a diamond.  The sparkle comes from light bouncing off internal surfaces in the lead crystal.  Precision glass cutting causes the light to reflect internally.  This internal reflection results in sparkle as the glass is tilted, adding to its beauty and to the beauty of your jewelry.  Swarovski™ crystal has the most attractive sparkle is recognized as the premiere crystal to use in jewelry-making.

During the 1950's, Swarovski™ made advances in the development of its crystal production.  Swarovski™ experimented with manufacturing processes in which the stones were coated with wafer thin metal particles in order to increase their sparkle. This process required the material to be steamed in a vacuum.  In 1956, Manfred Swarovski - the grandson of the company's founder - created the "Aurora Borealis (AB)" affect which shimmered in every color of the rainbow.

To this day, Swarovski™ continues to demand the highest possible quality of their crystal products to distinguish themselves from the rest of the market.  Swarovski™ are incredibly secretive about their processes - even their manufacturing workers do not see what other workers are doing so that they cannot share any secrets.

Let's start with the color spectrum and organize our color chart from that:

Violets Blues Greens Yellow/Ambers Oranges Reds Pinks Light Brown/Beiges/Dark Browns
Clear Crystal and Crystal AB
Silver/Grays
Black and White
Metals

Violets:

Blues:

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