two-tone
Americanadjective
adjective
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of two colours or two shades of the same colour
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(esp of sirens, car horns, etc) producing or consisting of two notes
Etymology
Origin of two-tone
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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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
She described clothes worn by the suspect at the time as "a two-tone grey jacket, dark on the body and light on the arms, black cargo trousers and flip-flops".
From BBC • Oct. 17, 2025
Even if practicality isn’t your primary concern, going two-tone injects a little texture and personality into the piece.
From Seattle Times • May 11, 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
To make matters worse, the plant’s store of alarm pocket dosimeters, which let out a high-pitched two-tone alarm if the radiation level climbs too quickly, was largely wiped out by the tsunami.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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