duotone

English

Etymology

duo- +‎ tone

Noun

duotone (plural duotones)

1. Any picture printed in two shades of the same colour, such as a duotype or duograph.

Adjective

duotone (not comparable)

1. Having two tones.
   • 1925, Life, page 21:

     He oozed prosperity from top hat to duotone shoes.

   • 2016, Ian Scheffler, “Proof”, in Cracking the Cube: Going Slow to Go Fast and Other Unexpected Turns in the World of Competitive Rubik’s Cube Solving, Touchstone, →ISBN, page 168:

     We each wore blue sweaters over collared shirts. His was duotone, dark blue beneath the shoulders, periwinkle from the shoulders to the neck.

   • 2019, Abby Tyler, The Special Delivery, Casey Shay Press, →ISBN:

     The brown hair that she’d always dyed blonde had grown out to her ears, leaving just a few inches of yellow on the ends. Despite the duotone hair, her eyes seemed alert, although she didn’t smile at him as he approached.

Anagrams

• done out, outdone