Duotone

Duotone
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A duotone image, made using black and blue inks in Photoshop.

Duotone is a halftone reproduction of an image using the superimposition of one contrasting color halftone (traditionally black) over another color halftone. This is most often used to bring out middle tones and highlights of an image. The most common colors used are blue, yellow, browns and reds.[1]

Now due to recent advances in technology, duotones, tritones, and quadtones can be easily created using image manipulation programs.

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History

Duotones hail from Cyanotype and halftone prints. Color images in newspapers and comic books are usually halftone prints and occasionally duotones.

Modern use

Duotone color mode in Adobe's Photoshop uses an imaging process that computes the highlights and middle tones in a black and white image then allows the user to choose any color ink as the second color.

Fake Duotone

A fake duotone, or duograph, is done by printing a single color with a one color halftone over it. This process is generally not preferred over a regular duotone as it loses much of the contrast of the image.

See also

References

  1. ^ Pipes, Alan. Production For Graphic Designers 2nd Edition, Page 86: Prentice Hall Inc 1997

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  • Duotone — Du o*tone, n. [L. duo two + tone.] (Photoengraving) Any picture printed in two shades of the same color, as duotypes and duographs are usually printed. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • duotone — [do͞o′ō tōn΄, dyo͞o′ō tōn΄] n. Printing a halftone illustration made by using two negatives shot at slightly different angles so as to print in two tones of the same color or in two colors …   English World dictionary

  • duotone — n. & adj. Printing n. 1 a half tone illustration in two colours from the same original with different screen angles. 2 the process of making a duotone. adj. in two colours. Etymology: L duo two + TONE …   Useful english dictionary

  • duotone — /dooh euh tohn , dyooh /, adj. 1. of two tones or colors. n. 2. a picture in two tones or colors. 3. Print. a. 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… …   Universalium

  • Duotone — Двухкрасочная полутоновая репродукция, дуплекс автотипия; Двукрасочная полутоновая репродукция; Дуплекс автотипия …   Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии

  • duotone — ● np. tm? m. ►GRAPH Technique d impression (à l origine) puis purement graphique, consistant à rehausser une image en noir et blanc à l aide d une autre couleur …   Dictionnaire d'informatique francophone

  • duotone — [ dju:ətəʊn] noun a half tone illustration made from a single original with two colours at different screen angles …   English new terms dictionary

  • duotone — duo·tone …   English syllables

  • duotone — du•o•tone [[t]ˈdu əˌtoʊn, ˈdyu [/t]] n. pri a) a method of printing an illustration in two shades of the same color or in two different colors b) pri an illustration printed by this method • Etymology: 1905–10 …   From formal English to slang

  • duotone — /ˈdjuətoʊn/ (say dyoohuhtohn) adjective 1. of or relating to a halftone illustration printed in two colours from two plates made from the same original but usually with different screen angles. –noun 2. such an illustration. 3. the process by… …  

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