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[css-color-4] Differentiated between out of gamut but physically realizable colors, and imaginary colors.
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Gamut mapping is the process of finding an in-gamut color
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with the least objectionable change in visual appearance.
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Some out of gamut colors correspond to real-world colors
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(they could be physically reproduced)
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while others are imaginary colors
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(they lie outside the spectral locus
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and thus would need more than 100% of a single wavelength)
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and could never be physically realized.
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Those colors tend to come from calculations
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such as "make this color 100x as saturated".
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<h4 id="GM-clip">
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Clipping</h4>
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