duocolor
English
Etymology
From duo- + color.
Adjective
duocolor (not comparable) (rare)
- Having two colors.
- 1938, Journal of the Biological Photographic Association, page 71:
- If daylight is present, the resulting pictures may show a duocolor effect—the highlights and middle tones will be correctly rendered but the shadows may reflect the daylight and photograph quite blue.
- 1948, Gas Appliance Merchandising, volume 20, page 33:
- A duocolor scheme, a combination of wine and light tan, is used as a decorative effect.
- 1980, Krause, Peter; Shull, Henry A., The Complete Guide to Cibachrome Printing, Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 117:
- […] correct a lack of color contrast balance in a slide or print material, to lighten the shadow areas of a print, or to obtain duocolor or monochrome effects.
- 1995 May 9, Guy T. Rice, “Re: Disappointed in 4E....(Multi-lands)”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.misc, Usenet, message-ID <3onbt4$rtv@blackice.winternet.com>:
- Oh come on! Saying you can't make a tricolor deck without multilands was bad enough, but now you're saying you can't even make a reliable duocolor deck? _Just how bad are you_ at deck construction?
- 1997, Patterson, Lois; Duff, Jon M., Web Page Design, →ISBN, page 60:
- Use GIF format for any duocolor image (such as black and white or yellow and red).
- 2017 January 10, Howard, A. G., RoseBlood, Abrams Books, →ISBN:
- With the duocolor job, white at the scalp and fuchsia at the nape, she looks like a grumpy powder puff.
Synonyms
- bichrome
- bicolour
- bicoloured