duotone

[doo-uh-tohn, dyoo-]

du·o·tone

[doo-uh-tohn, dyoo-]
adjective
1.
of two tones or colors.
noun
2.
a picture in two tones or colors.
3.
Printing.
a.
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.
b.
an illustration printed by this method.

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Duotone is always a great word to know.
So is lollapalooza. Does it mean:
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

Origin:
1905–10; duo- + tone
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duotone (ˈdjuːəˌtəʊn)
 
n
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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