two-tone

American  

[too-tohn] / ˈtuˈtoʊn /

Or two-toned

adjective

1. having two colors or two shades of the same color.

   a two-tone automobile.

---

two-tone British  

adjective

1. of two colours or two shades of the same colour

2. (esp of sirens, car horns, etc) producing or consisting of two notes

---

Etymology

Origin of two-tone

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

Its first owner, Argentine President Juan Perón, fell in love with the two-tone hardtop car, with a lustrous cream color on the roof and rich mahogany on the bottom, at the Paris Salon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

For the office, ties were back, worn over two-tone shirts with white colors.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 14, 2024

Other bands of the era adopted reggae stylings or tried to borrow from the wonderful authentic movement that was two-tone ska.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2023

His mother, dressed in an elegant two-tone green dress that she pointedly noted had been charged to her credit card — not his — emerged from the photo line in a visible daze.

From Washington Post • May 1, 2023

He had also been wearing fashionable two-tone shoes, “champagne shoes” we called them, of cream and light-brown leather.

From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang