Meanings
- not comparablerareHaving two colors.
Use GIF format for any duocolor image (such as black and white or yellow and red).
1997, Lois Patterson, Jon M. Duff, Web Page Design, →ISBN, page 605 more examples
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.
1938, Journal of the Biological Photographic Association, page 71A duocolor scheme, a combination of wine and light tan, is used as a decorative effect.
1948, Gas Appliance Merchandising, volume 20, page 33[…] 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.
1980, Peter Krause, Henry A. Shull, The Complete Guide to Cibachrome Printing, Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 117Oh 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?
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>With the duocolor job, white at the scalp and fuchsia at the nape, she looks like a grumpy powder puff.
2017 January 10, A. G. Howard, RoseBlood, Abrams Books, →ISBNSynonyms: bichrome, bicolour, bicoloured, dichromatic, two-tone
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving two colors.
Origin
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