Tantalizing Topaz
Like a gray November sky ablaze with the setting sun, topaz’s toasty amber hue flickers with a welcoming glow. For centuries, this fiery orange stone has been a symbol of love, friendship and loyalty. Warm up your home all winter long with this sizzling Houzz Shop collection of blazing hot amber accents inspired by November’s birthstone: the Topaz.
Sunshiny Citrine – November’s Backup BirthstoneWhen building a color palette around the tawny topaz, this month’s other birthstone is the natural place to turn. In 1952, the Jewelry Industry Council added the golden-hued citrine as a secondary birthstone for November. Against topaz, flaxen citrine acts as a gradient shade, drawing out its yellow notes to create a palette inspired by undulating flames.
A Setting in GrayJust like a platinum setting frames the brilliance of sparkling stones, adding ashy gray to this scorching color palette acts as an anchor to balance these two dazzling hues. Choose cool grays with hints of blue to turn down the heat or play off the palette with warm gray accents infused with hints of yellow and orange.
Color Clarity: Mesmerized by TopazOnce upon a time in 17th-century Russia, only Czars were allowed to own the Imperial Topaz – the rarest of all topazes. While this stone can be found in a rainbow of hues including blue and purple, the smoky orange Imperial Topaz has been the November birthstone since as early as the 1870s. With notes of yellow, brown and pink in its undertone, the warm stone most closely matches colors like amber and burnt sienna.
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