Evil Eye Jewelry

Meaning and colors: what does the evil eye mean, and what color evil eye to wear

The evil eye is a very old belief: a glance of envy, or praise given with no blessing, is said to bring misfortune, even from someone who means no harm. The jewelry is an eye that stares back at that glance. No one can promise it keeps you safe; it is a custom that Greek, Turkish, Jewish, Muslim and Hindu families have handed down for generations. The evil eye meaning guide tells the history and the names it goes by.

Dark blue is the traditional eye. Newer shades have meanings attached by custom, never by rule: green for luck, red for courage, yellow for happiness, white for a fresh start, black for strength, pink for love. On this page the eye is made in clear diamonds and in black, pink, yellow, and blue with white diamonds; in red rubies; in a green emerald or a sapphire; and in blue enamel. Pick the shade you will reach for every morning.

A hamsa hand frequently holds an eye at the center of the palm, and two pieces here put the pair together: the 14K diamond pendant with a blue enamel eye, and the sterling silver charm set. For more hands, see hamsa pendants for men and women, or women's hamsa necklaces.

Bracelets: evil eye bracelet in gold with diamonds, for women and for men

Eleven of the 20 pieces are bracelets. Seven share one make: a 7.5 mm row of eye-shaped links, each a ring of diamonds around a center stone, on 6.1 to 6.7 grams of 14K gold. Five run 7.5 inches; the ruby row and the black diamond row run 7. Three of the seven carry natural diamonds and four lab-grown, and all seven are listed for women and for men.

Three are wide and heavy: 10 or 13 mm across, 8.5 or 8.75 inches long, from 46 to 90 grams. Two are an infinity link set with natural diamonds, one of those in 10K; the third holds 15.34 carats of lab-grown diamonds in 14K. The lightest bracelet, 3 grams, gives no length in inches, so text the desk for it first.

Wrap a strip of paper around your wrist, measure it, and set it beside the length on the listing. For a length that is not listed, ask the desk, by phone or text at 212-872-9692. More rows of diamonds sit with women's diamond bracelets and men's diamond bracelets.

Necklaces and pendants: evil eye necklace or evil eye pendant, on its chain or sold alone

Seven pieces hang at the neck. Three arrive on a chain, among them the sterling silver hamsa and eye charm on a 1 mm cable chain you can take in 18, 20, 22 or 24 inches, and the gemstone necklace at 16 inches. The other four are pendants sold alone, with no chain in the listing, so plan one.

Choose that chain by the pendant's grams. The enamel hamsa weighs 3 grams, light enough for a solid 2.5 to 4 mm link. The three diamond eye pendants weigh 12.9 to 19.9 grams and need a solid 4 to 6 mm chain; the full table is in which chain for a pendant. Their diamonds run 1.85 to 9.50 carats, laid in baguettes on one and in pave on another. Where 16, 18 or 20 inches falls on you is in the necklace length chart.

Diamonds: lab-grown or natural evil eye diamonds, and black, pink, yellow or blue

Nineteen of the 20 pieces are set with diamonds, and every one of those listings names the origin: 13 natural and 6 lab-grown. Both are diamond; how to tell one from the other is in our lab-grown or natural guide.

Lab-grown: four of the small-eye bracelets, in white, pink, yellow, and blue with white; the 15.34 carat wide bracelet; and the ring. Natural: the white, ruby and black small-eye bracelets, the two infinity bracelets, the 3 gram bracelet, all four pendants, both gold necklaces, and the earrings.

The black diamond bracelet is white gold plated in black rhodium. The ring sets 5.28 carats of lab-grown diamonds with 0.12 carats of black side diamonds, in sizes 5 to 11 with the half sizes; find yours on the ring size chart.

Gold or silver: 14K gold evil eye jewelry, 10K, or a sterling silver evil eye

Gold on 19 of the 20: 18 are 14K, which is 58.3 percent gold, and one infinity bracelet is 10K, 41.7 percent gold, paler and a little harder. The one silver piece is the .925 sterling hamsa and eye charm set, 3 grams on its 18 inch chain. The karats side by side are in 10K, 14K or 18K gold.

Eight offer yellow, white or rose gold on their menu; the three diamond eye pendants and the earrings are listed in yellow only. The earrings are one 14K pair with 0.71 carats of natural diamonds, 3.6 grams in all. Shipped inside the US, a gold piece comes with our appraisal of its grams and stones.