Duotone

Not to be confused with Duplex printing.
This article is about multitone printing. For the Kenny G album, see Duotones. For the drug, see Duoton.
A duotone image, made using black and blue in Photoshop

Duotone (sometimes also known as Duplex) is a halftone reproduction of an image using the superimposition of one contrasting color halftone over another color halftone.[1] This is most often used to bring out middle tones and highlights of an image. Traditionally the superimposed contrasting halftone color is black and the most commonly implemented colors are blue, yellow, brown, and red, however there are many varieties of color combinations used.[2]

  1. ^ "Duotone Color: Tips & Examples for This Vibrant Trend". Design Shack. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
  2. ^ Pipes, Alan. Production For Graphic Designers 2nd Edition, Page 86: Prentice Hall Inc 1997