Increasing the purpleness of beaded freshwater pearls

[Katbran]

Really interesting - hopefully This means that most of the purple we are now buying are natural colour. I must say...I don't think Im ready for Red pearls..

 

[pearlescence]

I'd welcome one red 11mm round, finally to complete Charlotta's rainbow necklace. Just one.

 

[SteveM]

I'd welcome one red 11mm round, finally to complete Charlotta's rainbow necklace. Just one.

In refreshing my familiarity with the spectrum, red as a primary color requires the mollusk to come up with it on its own. Purple and gold would result in deep brown--a distinct marketing challenge, unless of course they were to be expressed as stripes...