Launi na yau da kullun na diopside shine shuɗi-kore zuwa rawaya-kore, launin ruwan kasa, rawaya, shunayya, mara launi zuwa fari.Luster ga gilashin luster.Idan chromium ne ba a diopside, da ma'adinai yana da wani koren tinge, don haka diopside duwatsu masu daraja sau da yawa rikita batun tare da sauran duwatsu masu daraja irin su yellow-kore olivine, (kore) tourmaline, da kuma chrysoberite, wanda ba shakka dogara ga sauran jiki bambance-bambance tsakanin ma'adanai zuwa. bambanta su.