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

在切割大向色性类时（如堇青、、紫锂辉等），通常匠会尽量缩小向色性并最大化地将某一主色凸显出来。