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duotone

[ doo-uh-tohn, dyoo- ]

adjective

  1. of two tones or colors.


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

/ 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of duotone1

First recorded in 1905–10; duo- + tone
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Example Sentences

Beautiful results are obtained in two colors by the "duograph" or "duotone" processes, the plates being made for two printings.

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