When cutting most pleochroic gemstones (Iolite, Tanzanite, Kunzite etc.), lapidaries typically try to minimize the pleochroism and maximize the single most prominent color.

在切割大多数的多向色类宝时（如堇青、坦桑宝、紫锂辉），通常宝匠会尽量缩小多向色并最大化地将某一主色凸显出来。