duotone

American  

[doo-uh-tohn, dyoo-] / ˈdu əˌtoʊn, ˈdyu- /

adjective

1. of two tones or colors.

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noun

1. a picture in two tones or colors.

2. Printing.

   1. a method of printing an illustration either in a dark and a tinted shade of the same color or in two different colors from two plates of a monochrome original made from negatives at different screen angles.

   2. an illustration printed by this method.

duotone British  

/ ˈdjuːəˌtəʊn /

noun

1. a process for producing halftone illustrations using two shades of a single colour or black and a colour

2. a picture produced by this process

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Etymology

Origin of duotone

First recorded in 1905–10; duo- + tone

Example Sentences

The Wailers in their 1965 outfits split down the middle, half-beige, half-black The duotone stage outfit didn’t last long, says Chuck Pennington, an adviser to Dellaccio’s photo collection.

From Seattle Times

One example is the 2012 cotton blanket by the Index Collection that fabulously illustrates the tonal gradations of color printing — monotone, duotone and multitone — from pale to intense.

From New York Times

One example is the 2012 cotton blanket from the Index Collection that fabulously illustrates the tonal gradations of color printing — monotone, duotone and multitoned — from pale to intense.

From New York Times

That 116-page book features beautiful duotone pictures reproduced from Coleman’s past.

From Washington Times

The eighty-five duotone photos that made the final cut are representative of a day in the life of America’s most provocative police agency.

From Time