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类宝时（如堇青、坦桑宝、紫锂辉等），通常宝匠会尽量缩小多向并最大化地将某一主凸。