Meanings
- alternativenot comparableAlternative form of tritoned.
Exquisite washable tri-toned spread . . . beautifully tailored, with blending dark, medium and light shades toning into an unusual ombre effect.
1960 December 26, The Charlotte Observer, volume 98, number 255, page 10-B2 more examples
Beguiling high heel pump with a trio of shades trimming the toe. New fall colors in suede with calf trim. In black with tri-toned grey, red with tri-toned red, navy with tri-toned blue, brown with tri-toned brown.
1959 October 7, The Clarion-Ledger, volume CXXI, number 171, Jackson, Miss., page 11Seated in the armchair, glass in hand, Mr. Keller talked to them as a man who wore a dark blue ultra-suede jacket with a lighter blue shirt and a tri-toned blue striped tie with grey ripcord trousers and tooled cowboy boots was inclined to talk, Butch supposed.
1990, Canadian Fiction Magazine, page 77
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