chromaticity
[kroh-muh-tis-i-tee]
/ ˌkroʊ məˈtɪs ɪ ti /
NOUN
color
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Printers are generally better than digital monitors or CRT's: but the fundamental problem is that the gamut of colours seen by the eye is roughly horseshoe shaped when plotted as a chromaticity diagram, whereas the convex combination of any number of pigments can only be a straight-sided approximation of a horseshoe shape.
From New York Times
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