In some cases, the layout of the color sail on the user's screen does not have to be fixed; i.e., the user can deform the triangle in any way for easier exploration and color picking. Additionally, it is contemplated that the color sail can have any suitable shape; for example having rounded sides. In further cases, other types of arrangements for the sail colors can be used; for example, as shown in 
Advantageously, the color sail has a fixed number of parameters, unlike other approaches to interactive continuous gamuts, making it more amenable to machine learning approaches. As well, the discrete-continuous setting gives color sail an additional degree of flexibility, varying the number of represented colors with no change to the required storage.