Definition of Duotone

1. n. Any picture printed in two shades of the same color, as duotypes and duographs are usually printed.

Definition of Duotone

1. an illustration in two tones [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Duotone

duoplurals
duopolies
duopolist
duopolistic
duopolistically
duopolists
duopoly
duopsonies
duopsony
duos
duotensorial
duotensors
duotheism
duotheisms
duotheistic
duotone (current term)
duotones
duotrigintillionth
duovirus
dup
dupable
dupatta
dupattas
dupe
duped
duper
duperies
dupers
dupery
dupes

Literary usage of Duotone

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Printing for School and Shop: A Textbook for Printers' Apprentices by Frank Souder Henry (1917)
"If a halftone picture printed with duotone ink is examined it will be noticed that each ... Do not attempt to modify a duotone ink by the addition of dope, ..."

2. Werktitel by Ben van Melick (2003)
"Van de duotone- kleur, het grijs, is spaarzaam maar effectief gebruikgemaakt in de tekst. De in duotone gedrukte foto's hebben een uitstraling van verzonken ..."

3. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1922)
"THE GREATER LOVE by Chaplain George T. McCarthy 93 magnificent masterpiece pictures, reproduced in duotone offset lithography. Handsomely bound. ..."

4. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1914)
"... and Victor Hugo's Free Greatest Romances Carriage Prepaid Right to Your Door IMPOR TED EDITION—4 Volumes, Bound in Red and Gold, Irish Buckram, duotone ..."

5. The Journal of Home Economicsby American Home Economics Association by American Home Economics Association (1915)
"... Six Volumes to Each Set Library Cloth Binding Gold Decorations Large, Clear Type duotone Illustrations Thin Bible Paper 3000 pages to each set $1 .60 ..."

6. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York public library (1921)
"... translated by Frances Seaver, with a biographical note by Laurence Binyon...and with twenty-five illustrations in duotone. New York: Brentano's [Cop. ..."

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