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性类（堇青、坦桑、紫锂辉），匠会尽量缩小多向色性并最大化地将某一主色凸显出来。