Definitions for duotones

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duotones du·o·tone

Spelling: [doo-uh-tohn, dyoo-]

IPA: /ˈdu əˌtoʊn, ˈdyu-/

Duotones is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 259 anagrams from letters in duotones (denoostu).

Definitions for duotones

noun

1. a picture in two tones or colors.
2. Printing. 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. an illustration printed by this method.

adjective

1. of two tones or colors.

Origin of duotones

First recorded in 1905-10; duo- + tone

Examples for duotones

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