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

在切数的性类石时（如堇青石、坦桑石、紫锂辉石等），通常石匠会尽量缩小性并最化地将某一主凸显出来。