Hi Sweetfrock,
Do not fully trust what the sellers say in Chinatown and People's Park. Bring your freshadamas, carry it with you when you buy pearls so you can see the comparison and thus know what you are buying. Incandescent light will show the pearls at their best so sellers use them. If you can try and candle the pearls at a light source, do so in order to see all the blemishes and/or bleach marks. A lot of blemishes and bleach marks are masked by pearls with great luster.
Anyway, there are black dyed pearls there that look great. If they do not cost much, go for it! Look at Caitlin's black klonks, they look great.
