gamut

n 1: a complete extent or range: "a face that expressed a gamut

of emotions

2: the entire scale of musical notes

gamut

The gamut of a {monitor} is the set of colours it can display.

There are some colours which can't be made up of a mixture of

red, green and blue phosphor emissions and so can't be

displayed by any monitor.

[Examples?]

(1994-11-29)