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How do you spell gamut?

Gamut is spelled G-A-M-U-T. It comes from a medieval musical scale, which is why the spelling looks unrelated to its modern meaning.

Letter by letter

G-A-M-U-T

Spelling note

Five letters, one m, one t. Not gamit and not gammut.

What it means for nature images

A gamut is the range of colours a device or colour space can reproduce. Colours outside it are clipped or mapped to the nearest reachable value.

Common misspellings

  • gamit → gamut
  • gammut → gamut
  • gamute → gamut
  • gamet → gamut

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