Amethyst’s color quality ranges from extremely pale to intense or very dark. - ©GIA and Tino Hammid Any brownish or bronze-colored tints in an amethyst’s purple color, or any noticeable color zoning, ...

Using delicate brushstrokes and saturated colors, she paints emerald trees, sapphire waves and pale amethyst clouds drifting overhead. “I’ve always loved palm trees,” she confesses. “They just take ...