Gamut Compression
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A form of gamut mapping in which the range of color values produced by an input device (e.g. a color scanner) is reduced to fit within the smaller available gamut of the output device (e.g. a CMYK press).
Gamut compression can be crucial to good color reproduction but colors that have been gamut compressed will seldom match the original.