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gamut limit The point on the tonal (light to dark) scale at which a given hue produces the most vivid saturation.
Red tourmaline reaches its most vivid saturation, or gamut limit, at about eighty percent tone, which is, not surprisingly, also the ideal tone in ruby.
 See also: Clarity, Eye, Flawless, Hue, Incandescent
  
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