The alabaster ranges in color from a translucent white to ivory and yellow, from a reddish color to dark brown, and from gray - green to black, many with different veinings and degrees of opacity.
Selle värvus varieerub poolläbipaistvast valgest kollakasvalgeni, punasest tumepruunini ja hallikasrohelisest mustani. Alabastril on mitmesuguseid mustreid ning erisugune läbikumavus.