It was revealed in "A Single Pale Rose" that "Rose Quartz" was a persona Pink Diamond created and asked Pearl to help to frame her own assassination and make "Rose Quartz" a culprit. Pink Diamond's last order as Pearl's diamond was to never tell this to anyone.

"A Single Pale Rose" is the eighteenth episode of the fifth season of the American animated television series Steven Universe. It first aired on May 7, 2018 on Cartoon Network as the second half of a two-part special with the preceding episode "Can't Go Back".

Rose Quartz reveals herself to be Pink Diamond, much to Steven's shock. Once out in the open, Pink shows Pearl a handful of dirt with the head of a single pink hibiscus and gives her the latter. She then changes the dirt into fake diamond shards and swallows them.

It turns out that "Rose Quartz" was actually the secret identity of Pink Diamond, who had Pearl shapeshift to look like Rose and pretend to shatter her, so she could leave behind her old life as Pink Diamond and become Rose Quartz permanently.

Rose Quartzes are a pink type of Quartz which appear to be designed in the visage of Pink Diamond. They have black eyes, pink skin and hair, and rounded lips that appear to be adorned with lipstick or lip gloss.

Rose Quartz, later revealed as Pink Diamond, is the overarching protagonist of the Steven Universe franchise. She is the mother of Steven and the founder and former leader of the Crystal Gems. She was also the Gem who according to Blue Diamond, Yellow Diamond, and Eyeball shattered Pink Diamond...

"A Single Pale Rose" reveals her true origins: she wasn't made as a Rose Quartz; she used to be Pink Diamond. N-Q Navel Window : Her dress had a star-shaped hole cut over her stomach to leave her navel-mounted gem exposed.

May 16, 2018 · The last seconds of the latest episode of Steven Universe ended with a cataclysmic revelation: Rose Quartz, Steven’s mom and the leader of the Crystal Gems, was in fact Pink Diamond all along. Rose was part of the Diamond Authority she was rebelling against.

Jul 17, 2018 · Steven Universe episodes “A Single Pale Rose” and “Now We’re Only Falling Apart” answered arguably the biggest questions on fans’ minds: who was Rose Quartz, really, and why did she ...

May 7, 2018 · A mural from ‘Serious Steven’ depicted the figure of Rose Quartz, either wielding or deflecting a diamond-shaped object, fighting an unknown gem. With current knowledge, with the pointy hair and chest-gem, the figure resembles Yellow Diamond.