Abstract: A user selects an optimum balance between two different methods for clipping or compressing the colors of an image so that they all fall within the color gamut of an output device. By choosing a balance between two different clipping or compression methods, which are typically implemented with different color models, the user can quickly and easily adjust the colors of an image to produce the most desired image. If a color monitor can display all or nearly all of the colors of the output device, the image can be displayed on a color monitor and the user can very quickly choose between alternative adjustments of the balance between the two clippings or compression methods.